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JohnyMac:
Treadmill sewing machine OR 12 volt sewing machine WPW.

When my wife and I were living the "sea life" on our sailboat, knowing how to sew AND a sewing machine made you a popular person at anchor or at the dock. Many live-a-boards had either a treadmill or 12 volt machine.

This is a great skill to have in a TEOTWAWKI scenario.
 

Outonowhere:
Saw someone mention super glue.  I had a large bag I was using as a CAMS bag but it was cheap and the stitching wasnt keeping up with the weight.  So to prolong its use I sewed up the seams that ripped and reinforced all of them with superglue.  Held together for quite a while till I got a really nice bag for like $100 off lol.

I have used sewing on a lot of my own gear to repair and reinforce.  And while some of it is just not that pretty you know it will hold!  I also actually used sewing as a side bit for store credit repairing items for a local surplus.  (But that stopped after I used all my credit to buy something expensive that the owner was trying to make a serious profit on lol.)

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