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From: Jim Thompson on 6 Jun 2010 20:46
On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:31:53 -0700, Jim Thompson
<To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote:

>On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:15:03 GMT, mzenier(a)eskimo.com (Mark Zenier)
>wrote:
>
>>In article <c04cf976-1c45-4817-b7f7-2597a3e3cf2e(a)i25g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
>>J.A. Legris <jalegris(a)sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>>On Apr 11, 10:39�pm, "Michael Robinson" <nos...(a)billburg.com> wrote:
>>>> "Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...(a)On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote in
>>>> messagenews:5iu4s5tofv525lqrluham6ni2os3raf4hv(a)4ax.com...> When I
>>>travel I carry one of those Buttoneer gadgets that "staples" a
>>>> > button back on using tiny plastic straps.
>>>>
>>>> > You'd think someone would make a similar device for fixing a pant's
>>>> > cuff that comes unstitched :-)
>>>>
>>>> > Is there such a thing?
>>>>
>>>> A bit of cardboard about the size of a matchbook with a needle stuck in it
>>>> and some thread wrapped around. �Or buy a sewing kit at the dollar store.
>>>
>>>Ha! Good luck. Thompson would need an illustrated manual just to
>>>thread the needle. Hot glue would be a better choice - it really
>>>sticks to polyester.
>>
>>They sell hot glue as a random weave fabric (like Tyvek, only very sparse
>>mesh) at sewing stores for exactly Thompson's purpose. Stick it inside
>>the hem and iron it. Looking in the old sewing supplies, "Stich Witchery".
>>
>>Mark Zenier mzenier(a)eskimo.com
>>Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com)
>>
>
>I mentioned that back in the "thread" :-)
>
>But couldn't remember what it was called. I can remember using it to
>stiffen light weight fabrics for my wife's various Girl Scout
>projects.
>
>Now I remember... there's a really light version, almost like tissue
>paper, called "fusible interfacing".
>

Finally found the right thing...

http://www.amazon.com/Instant-Bond-Fabric-Fuse-Tape/dp/B0018BVNIS

(except I got it at Joann's).

Doesn't need an iron.... really sticky... I used those big squeeze
type paper (binder) clips to keep the fabric aligned :-)

A roll now standard equipment in the briefcase.

...Jim Thompson
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