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mojo
12-09-2002, 01:36 PM
ok, i went to target yestiddy and forgot to pick up one of them sewing kits people use for...when they don't want to really sew something. you know....5 or so needles, some string...way too much money but they know they got you...

anyhow, i can't find my kit around the apt. but i can find a stapler. i dont wanna do it, but i gotta wash this comforter.

so how bad would it be if i put about, say, 3 to 5 staples in the 2 inch section that i wanna close off? remember, this is a comforter and will have to go in one of the front-loading machines, so there wont be a lot of movement. the stuffing is apparently one piece, and it's a quality one (prolly from nordstrom or some ish).
eSDee
12-09-2002, 01:53 PM
Go for it mojo! And make sure you take pictures ;)
mojo
12-09-2002, 01:54 PM
Originally posted by eSDeeLoco
Go for it mojo! And make sure you take pictures ;) lol...i can do this. however, i don't want comforter bits all over. if that's gonna happen, you'll have to get your "death of a comforter" pics elsewhere :P
Grimm
12-09-2002, 02:06 PM
Staples work fine as a temporary emergency repair, but I wouldn't do it on anything you are gonna wash. Unless you really have a thing for rust.
mojo
12-09-2002, 02:11 PM
Originally posted by Grimm
Staples work fine as a temporary emergency repair, but I wouldn't do it on anything you are gonna wash. Unless you really have a thing for rust. i was actually gonna put them in and take them out after the wash. i don't need them gouging my eyes out in my sleep :P
i6s1
12-09-2002, 02:21 PM
I don't think that it will work. But I don't know for sure, and it ain't my blanket, so go for, and take pictures.
GraingerGuy
12-09-2002, 02:44 PM
Use LOTS of staples....:D jk!

Does a neighbor have a sewing kit or something? Maybe you could just borrow needle and thread from them.....
sizemic1
12-09-2002, 03:19 PM
go to your local Best Western, Howard Johnson etc.. tell them your girlfriend sent you down from the room to get a sewing kit.

They give them out for free :)
K2
12-09-2002, 03:25 PM
i don't wanna know what u did in the first place to get it all dirty.. :shifty: :naughty:
zenbooty
12-09-2002, 04:13 PM
I think you'd be better off using duct tape, personally.
oblongmelon
12-09-2002, 04:33 PM
STAPLES! holy gazunka! go and buy a roll of thread-geez moj..save yourself some future headaches by stitching that up quick..saftey pins work better than staples btw in an emergency.
K2
12-09-2002, 05:10 PM
Originally posted by oblongmelon
STAPLES! holy gazunka! go and buy a roll of thread-geez moj..save yourself some future headaches by stitching that up quick..saftey pins work better than staples btw in an emergency.


yeah.. listen to the "well experienced" lady :D
mojo
12-09-2002, 05:25 PM
Originally posted by oblongmelon
STAPLES! holy gazunka! go and buy a roll of thread-geez moj..save yourself some future headaches by stitching that up quick..saftey pins work better than staples btw in an emergency. oh, i plan on doing it properly. i just forgot the stuff when i went to the store. the comforter did well tho:

before the event

http://members.cox.net/mojorisin/images/comforterb4-02.jpg

http://members.cox.net/mojorisin/images/comforterb4-03.jpg

the stapler of doom

http://members.cox.net/mojorisin/images/stapler-of-doom.jpg

after

http://members.cox.net/mojorisin/images/comforterafter02.jpg

http://members.cox.net/mojorisin/images/comforterafter03a.jpg
mojo
12-09-2002, 06:45 PM
Originally posted by K2



yeah.. listen to the "well experienced" lady :D btw, i had already washed it by the time she answered :P
attgig
12-09-2002, 10:52 PM
i've stapled my pants (being a short guy) throughout college, whenever i bought new pants.

works, but if that comforter is expensive/nice...i wouldn't have done it.
WhiskeyPapa
12-10-2002, 05:22 AM
Good thing you blurred out your address in the last picture. You wouldn't want someone breaking in and stealing your comforter and/or stapler! :laugh:
mojo
12-10-2002, 11:19 AM
Originally posted by kb0wwp
Good thing you blurred out your address in the last picture. You wouldn't want someone breaking in and stealing your comforter and/or stapler! :laugh: i was actually saving you guys from the stapler :dodgy:
whitak24
12-10-2002, 11:53 AM
"um, has anyone seen my stapler?" :heh:
oblongmelon
12-10-2002, 01:46 PM
hey Mojie Wojie-You have excellant taste-I have the same comforter/sheets/pillow covers/curtains that match-in one of our guestrooms. :)
wow. Great minds think alike..although some think with a needle and thread :)