Home tailoring
I don't wear a suit very often. A few times a year, for the odd meeting, presentation and the like, but most of the time it hangs in the cupboard.

Therefore, I was a tad annoyed when my fairly new (at the time) Pierre Cardin suit trousers developed a hole in the pocket, causing loose coins and keys etc to exit rapidly past my foot.

I was in a hotel somewhere when I discovered this, and it had one of those little sewing kits. So I got out the needle and thread and attempted to effect a repair. There's an expression in Scotland which accurately describes my proficiency at such tasks - 'like a coo wi a gun'.

The edges had frayed a bit so it was difficult to sew them together, but my mending did the job until I got home, whereupon I decided to do a rather more industrial strength job on it. So I got out my stapler, and put a few staples in to hold the two edges together, then finished off with a couple of strips of duct tape to stop the staples jabbing my fingers when I put my hand in my pocket, and to seal the inter-staple apertures.

So far this has been entirely successful, and even (surprisingly) survived dry cleaning.
( K2k6 is having Christmas issues, Fri 4 Apr 2008, 12:48, closed)

Is there no end....
To the wonder of duct tape. It really is a panacea for all ills.
( big-girl's-baubles thinks everything tastes better than skinny feels, Fri 4 Apr 2008, 13:05, closed)

Indeed
It can be used to fix apostrophe's into place so they do'nt get lost; and to cover up apostrophes's's that have found they're way into a non possessive pronoun. '
( althechristmasgeordie swooping in there like a randy eagle., Fri 4 Apr 2008, 13:07, closed)

Btw!
Pierre Cardin - please no!
( big-girl's-baubles thinks everything tastes better than skinny feels, Fri 4 Apr 2008, 13:32, closed)

@BGB
And why not? I got it in a discount outlet store!

I know very little about fashion. People who know me will testify to this.
( K2k6 is having Christmas issues, Fri 4 Apr 2008, 13:38, closed)

I've gaffer taped
...my cuffs together on my formal shirt as I've lost my cufflinks.
(Le Misanthrope last procrastinated on, Fri 4 Apr 2008, 13:46, closed)

K2K6
Bloody hell, M&S do nice reasonably priced suits. Pierre Cardin is so naff.
( big-girl's-baubles thinks everything tastes better than skinny feels, Fri 4 Apr 2008, 14:16, closed)

I also
was considering stapling the hole in my jeans pocket together. Couldnt find a stapler though.

Also for my current job - I went to the interview in a £30 suit from Tesco!! TEEHEE
(The Dirty Christmas Treeker I will bite your face off, Fri 4 Apr 2008, 15:31, closed)

Next time
bring it to me and I'll stitch it properly! Honestly, talk about making an easy job hard (she says, having been taught by a professional dress-maker).
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Fri 4 Apr 2008, 19:00, closed)

@BGB
I have respect for your excellent posts but nooooooooooooooooo, M&S suits don't look nearly as good as Pierre Cardin. It's like the difference between Sainsury's "taste the difference" chocolate and Godivas: both are nice, but one is leagues ahead of the other. K2k6, wear your cyborg trousers with pride!
(I grew it myself, Sat 5 Apr 2008, 10:44, closed)