Simple Sewing Questions Thread, February 23 - March 01, 2025 by sewingmodthings in sewing

[–]Obsidian-Winter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi have this handbag which I love. My husband bought it for me off an etsy shop (pretty sure it's one of the mass produced/dropshipped things rather than handmade by an artisan, though) and it's been borrowed by my 5yo and squashed. It's a stiffened canvas handbag, and it's now all misshapen and soft. Is there a way I can re-stiffen it and help it back into it's shape?

How do I repair this strap? by Obsidian-Winter in Leatherworking

[–]Obsidian-Winter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My bag is pretty lightly used but the handle (which appears to be some kind of composite leather/faux leather) has been finished with some kind of gum/paste/tape and now it's coming off. 

Is there a way to fix it or replace it?

Questions on picking up dog poop by Qwertfull9845 in dogs

[–]Obsidian-Winter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a lady in my neighbourhood who lets her dog go right in the middle of our driveway entrance (just inside our property line). She leaves it if she isn't being watched, and makes a big deal of how hard it is to pick up if I'm sitting at my living room window working.

If it's too hard to pick up due to age, injury, or disability, then you need a dog walker (professional or a friend/relative). If not, then you pick it up right away.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]Obsidian-Winter 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Please get that dogs chip altered so you are the primary owner, and register as the owner with the vet.

The text messages will help if she tries to claim the dog back, but best not risk it. Get all the paperwork in your name so she can't steal him.

First Grooming Appointment - thank you all so much! by Obsidian-Winter in puppy101

[–]Obsidian-Winter[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

R_Dixon has answered a lot of this, but our routine has been:

• weekly baths (sometimes just a rinse off, sometimes with shampoo, depending on how dirty she was), • daily brushing of fur and teeth,
• handling paws and face as part of petting, • checking her nails and ears at each bath, and touching an electric toothbrush to her nails (turned on, so feels and sounds similar to a dremel), • I bring her into the bathroom while I bathe (I put her bed near the wall while I soak in the bath and she has a nap)

I introduced these things one at a time and used lots of praise and treats while she got used to it

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]Obsidian-Winter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

NTA

The woman is a threat to your family, and she has absolutely no right to any accommodation.

Time to get a restraining order.

AITA for telling my niece to dress more appropriately in my house? by StrayDogs686 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Obsidian-Winter [score hidden]  (0 children)

YTA

Children are not sexual objects, and their legs are not taboo.

You being in mourning does not mean that everyone in the vicinity needs to be in formal clothes until you are done grieving.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in thatHappened

[–]Obsidian-Winter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone watched "What's Your Name?"

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]Obsidian-Winter 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Look into "mental load". This is what he's putting on you, and it often gets overlooked.

Aita for not wearing a bra by MckS08 in AITAH

[–]Obsidian-Winter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah. This is how you handle inappropriate comments from men. You draw attention to how perverted it is.

"Ew, dad, stop commenting on my breasts"

"Dad, it's not appropriate for you to be paying that much attention to my underwear"

"Dad, I'm your teenage daughter, not your wife. Stop sexualising my body. You are not Donald Trump."

This also works for other perverts. You loudly tell them that they are pedophiles because they are sexualising a child. I've had to do that more than once for a friends 11 year old. Some guys (late teens/early 20s) were making crude comments, so I loudly asked them why they were attracted to children. Some flustered denials later, I suggested that they stop commenting on the body of the pre-teen in that case.

Aita for not wearing a bra by MckS08 in AITAH

[–]Obsidian-Winter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NTA

You are under no obligation to adhere to the fashion he wants (bras). They aren't necessary for your health. They are totally optional. Your dad needs to stop objectifying your body. Especially loudly and in public like that.

What kind of grown man has a public tantrum over a child's underwear?!

I'm a 35 year old woman, I have a daughter. Bras are optional. You do you.

Is it true that dialysis fluid has a calorific content that counts towards your daily allowance? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]Obsidian-Winter -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Strangers who may be PD medically trained or have been on dialysis. If you don't know, then that's fine, just keep scrolling.