Ever had a problem with stiching?

Han Jones · Post by **Han Jones** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 8:05 pm

The stiching on the right side of my pocket is comming off. I recieved it in Jan. so it isn't that old. i used sandpaper on the seems to distress it but I was very mindful that I could damage the stiching so I was very carefull. Has anyone had this problem and what did they do? I don't want to repair it myself because I can't get under the lining. Will peter do this repair. Another question is have you ever ha something changed on your jacket after having for a while like replacing a LC collar with a RotLA collar?

rick5150 · Post by **rick5150** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 8:24 pm

The stiching on the right side of my pocket is comming off. I recieved it in Jan. so it isn't that old. i used sandpaper on the seems to distress it but I was very mindful that I could damage the stiching so I was very carefull. Has anyone had this problem and what did they do? I don't want to repair it myself because I can't get under the lining. Will peter do this repair. Another question is have you ever ha something changed on your jacket after having for a while like replacing a LC collar with a RotLA collar?

Indiana Kenobi

Yeah, I tore a seam on my Wested goat after catching it on something. I didn't notice it right away. I brought it to a local tailor and he took care of it cheaply... It would be authentic for Peter to do it, but do you want the time without the jacket and the related expenses? It adds characted (as long as the tailor doesn't use bright pink thread for the repair. I can't help you with the collar though...

IndianaJames · Post by **IndianaJames** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 8:52 pm

The bottom of my hand warmer slit came loose after a few months, I just stitched it up myself, took 15 minutes. I really didnt feel like spending $60 to ship it back and forth for the repair. Yours sounds a little more complicated though....

IJ

Han Jones · Post by **Han Jones** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 9:06 pm

I will will try a tailor first. Many thanks to you gentalmen

whipwarrior · Post by **whipwarrior** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 10:07 pm

Do yourself a big favor and make sure the people at the tailor shop speak and understand English. I'd hate for you to drop it off thinking that the local seamstress is a mind reader and knows exactly what you want, only to get your jacket back and be horrified to discover that they completely messed it up. I don't take chances with mine. If I think I can fix it, then I do it myself. Why? Because if I screw up my jacket, I want only myself to blame- not somebody else. This advice, by the way, stems from an unfortunate incident I had about 2 years ago with a local shoe cobbler who put the wrong kind of heels on my Aldens, a mistake which cost me over $160 and 1 month's time to remedy. *shudders* Good luck to you.

FLATHEAD · Post by **FLATHEAD** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 7:04 am

Speaking of horror stories at the tailors shop, I can absolutely
agree to only go to a place where they speak english!

My friend had a jacket with handwarmer pockets similar to our
Westeds. He snagged one of the pockets on a door strike in
his house and it ripped the threads and the bottom of the pocket
came loose.

He took the jacket to a local place, and told the guy behind the
counter, who could barely speak english, that he wanted the
pocket fixed.

The counter man said, and I quote: "Se, we can be doing the
repairing of your jacket. Please leave name with me, and me
make sure jacket is fix right to your like."

At that point, my friend said the guy didn't really ask him what
he wanted, he just grabbed the jacket and said to call back in
a day or two.

Well, my buddy gets the jacket back, and guess what? They
fixed the jacket alright. They sewed the handwarmer pockets
completely up!!

When my friend told him that the tailor made a mistake, the
counter man said, and I quote: "No way sir. We do work like
you want. We fix both hole in pocket just like you want."

They gave my friend all kinds of grief about it. When they would
not fix it right away, my friend did not pay them, and walked out
with the jacket. We then cut the threads and re-opened the
pockets.

It just goes to show you that you MUST tell people EXACTLY what
you want. NEVER give them the chance to screw it up!

Flathead

whipwarrior · Post by **whipwarrior** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 8:17 am

Ouch! Make sure you choose [a tailor] wisely.

Indiana Joe · Post by **Indiana Joe** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 9:51 pm

IndianaJames wrote:The bottom of my hand warmer slit came loose after a few months, I just stitched it up myself, took 15 minutes. I really didnt feel like spending $60 to ship it back and forth for the repair. Yours sounds a little more complicated though....

IJ

That handwarmer thing happened to my son's U.S. Wings Lil' Indy goatskin. I took it to my local cobbler (shoe repair guy) and told him exactly what I wanted---same color/size thread, no new holes, etc. For ten bucks he undid a leather seam so as not to touch the liner, he sewed up handwarmer back on, and I had it back in a couple of days. He did what I requested and did an outstanding job.

I.J.

Gater · Post by **Gater** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 10:03 pm

The threads of my left side handwarmer came loose, too!! I took a needle and thread to it, and it was ok for a while, but it seams that it is coming undone again. When I did it, I sewed right into the liner, too. Didn't really care, since no one sees the inside of the jacket, anyway.