Sewing Kit
A good sewing kit is a must for field repairs of clothing or gear. Here is how to make a useful, lightweight, compact, inexpensive kit of your own.
Get a plastic wallet card, like an expended gift card. Put some round notches in the sides like in the image. I used a dremel tool with a grinding stone, but you could use a round file, or a piece of sandpaper wrapped around a dowel or other cylindrical object.
On the flats between the notches, on one side of the card, use a sharp thin knife to cut slits. Be careful! You will have to look closely at the image to see these. The slits will be used to secure the ends of the thread. I loaded mine with olive thread (scout pants), khaki (scout shirt) and black (general purpose).
Wrap a rubber band around one set of notches and use this to secure some small safety pins. Another freebee you can get from a 5k or other race. Safety pins are useful for quick temporary repairs of rips in fabric. They also have a ton of other uses. Safety pin the sleeve of a long sleeve shirt to the front of the shirt, and you've got a sling!
Get a couple of sewing needles and tuck them under the thread. Put the whole thing inside a small ziploc bag to keep it from coming apart in your pack. You don't need scissors in your sewing kit. You should have some in your first aid kit.
Get a plastic wallet card, like an expended gift card. Put some round notches in the sides like in the image. I used a dremel tool with a grinding stone, but you could use a round file, or a piece of sandpaper wrapped around a dowel or other cylindrical object.
Wrap a rubber band around one set of notches and use this to secure some small safety pins. Another freebee you can get from a 5k or other race. Safety pins are useful for quick temporary repairs of rips in fabric. They also have a ton of other uses. Safety pin the sleeve of a long sleeve shirt to the front of the shirt, and you've got a sling!
Get a couple of sewing needles and tuck them under the thread. Put the whole thing inside a small ziploc bag to keep it from coming apart in your pack. You don't need scissors in your sewing kit. You should have some in your first aid kit.
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