Can I have an idiot of the year award please?

[Challaborough Christmas Tree]

Yesterday I cleaned and repaired 4 rugs, no problems at all but this morning I repaired the first of the three I need to do today, quite a big tear so it took a while, finally finished and hung it up to have a look just to find that I'd had it folded over on my lap and sewn through two sections I've unpicked it all and now get to do it all again

 

[asmp]

That's why I don't sew. I'll do glueing, painting, cutting, etc, but never sewing as that's just the sort of thing I do.

 

[Challaborough Christmas Tree]

I can't sew to save my life, had a bit of an autumn is nearly here panic though and couldn't leave them until I ordered myself some wetsuit glue. They seem pretty sturdy though even if they look awful.

 

[JillA]

A so-called professional saddler stitched a good thick fillet string into resewing a tail flap on on one of mine. So no, you aren't idiot of the year, a saddler should have checked first

 

[Dry Rot]

Definitely not the idiot of the year!

I sent a pair of old trousers off to be shortened. They came back with one leg about six inches shorter than the other. Had to wear them for work on the farm, too, as everything else was in the wash. The postman nearly collapsed with laughter!

As a bachelor, I have been known to wield a sewing needle. But succeeded in sewing the pants I was patching to the pants I was wearing.

Yesterday, I started to dismantle a chain saw so I could clean the carburetter. Then, when I'd half done the job, I discovered why it was not working. It had run out of petrol....

I am definitely not going to admit the dispute I had with a dealer over a machine I bought last year which was not working as it should have... That one is just TOO embarrassing!

No, I am the winner. So boo yaa shucks to you! I'm afraid it will just get worse with the years but then you tend to care less so it all equals out.

 

[Challaborough Christmas Tree]

I think you do win someone in my sewing class at school stitched their apron to their trouser leg and had to catch a bus home like it, never laughed so hard in my life

 

[FfionWinnie]

I am definitely not going to admit the dispute I had with a dealer over a machine I bought last year which was not working as it should have... That one is just TOO embarrassing!
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You are not getting away with that one. Come on, tell us!

 

[Highlands]

Sent a furious email about my computer not working... To IT support to find it was not plugged in... The shame!

 

[jodie3]

"As a bachelor, I have been known to wield a sewing needle. But succeeded in sewing the pants I was patching to the pants I was wearing."

I misread this as 'wield a sewing machine' and was cringing at the possible damage you could have done to yourself trying to sew clothes you were still wearing!

I used to work for a saddler who told a story about how when he was training and concentrating on his sewing his 'mates' would throw him his wage packet so it landed on his material and would get sewn on to it!

 

[Dry Rot]

You are not getting away with that one. Come on, tell us!

He might be a HHO reader, then I'd get sued.

I might whisper in your ear via PM though.....if you promise not to tell.