Linen bandana

Finally got around to fixing the sewing machine. But I needed something to test it on. I found a just-big-enough piece of linen to make a bandana.

To hit a price point most bandanas are ~22 inches. That's way too small for my head. Most are polyester. Which means they don't wick away moisture. You want a 27 inch cotton and those cost extra. Like twice as much.

But linen? That's premium. Those start at ~$15 and go up from there. More durable, less environmental impact, better at evaporating than cotton. A linen bandana easily pays for itself if you are the kind of person that needs a bandana.

Now that my machine is working I just need an iron and fabric to start making things happen. Time to go to a thrift store and start looking carefully at fabric that can be repurposed.

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Iheartcheese@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 278d (5 replies)

Looks like a tortilla

FauxPseudo@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 278d (3 replies)

My tortillas look different.

Chip_Rat@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 278d (2 replies)

What is the world is this about?

dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 278d

tortillas

paraplu@piefed.social · 2 pts · 278d

There aren't tortillas in the house, there are materials for making them. The husband's lockdown hobby was making tortillas.

Drusas@fedia.io · 3 pts · 278d

I thought it was medical gauze.

dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 278d (1 reply)

you should x-post on !sewing@lemmy.world and other sewing communities!

FauxPseudo@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 278d

Done.

Cris_Color@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 277d (2 replies)

Hell yeah!

I've been meaning to turn an old ripped bedsheet into handkerchiefs and lint free cloths for seasoning my cast irons. Hopeful its a good basic project to learn how to use my sewing machine lol 😅

FauxPseudo@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 277d (1 reply)

Nothing is more basic than a square.

Cris_Color@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 277d

Yep lol.

I really enjoy hand sewing but machine sewing has always given me trouble 😅

shalafi@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 278d

Ex-wife was an OR nurse. She sold those as scrub caps, made solid beer money from the deal.

MakingWork@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 278d (2 replies)

Is that you?

FauxPseudo@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 278d (1 reply)

On the advice of my council I have been advised to not answer that.

MakingWork@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 278d

The council's model looks like they could be working in a hospital with that bandana.