I like to sew. I also like hammers. I feel manly swinging them around. So when I realized that I could combine sewing and hammers by adding snaps, I was completely sold. I was convinced that snaps were so much easier than buttons. No more ruined fabric from failed buttonholes!!
Today, I did not ruin my fabric. I sewed perfectly and didn't even have to rip out any threads. Today though, I did manage to ruin my sewing table!!! A few good taps is all it takes to put in a snap. Coincidentally, a few good taps is also all it takes to push the snap, snap setting tool and hammer through the top of an Ikea Corras rolling cart.
Sewing can be dangerous. I'm not really equipped to face the dangers that come with it - burns from irons, cuts from fabric tools and the dreaded needle smacking your fingers when you hold the fiddly fabric. Scary stuff. I've included photos of the weapons ...errrrr.... tools that I use when I sew. =)
2 comments:
yikes! sorry to hear about your table! i have one of those snap plier looking things, and have used it a few times, but not put in snaps with a hammer before. maybe i'll try that sometime, taking care not to smash a hole in my table...
Your post made me laugh :)
That sounds exactly like something I would do. We have a similar riveting tool and my husband made me hammer it on a piece of wood on the concrete basement floor, perhaps so our IKEA furniture did not suffer the same fate as yours. At least this gives you an excuse to go back to IKEA sometime (if you needed a reason).
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