Two Fix a tent in Suffolk

[@jeanneclark99]

People who have never put a tent away have NO concept. At least it wasn't wet!! Good job!

[@stanceymackenzie]

The thought of having to fold it up almost put me off getting it out the bag in the first place. Thank you.

[@expatpiskie]

As a Girl Guide many moons ago I learned to erect and then pack up big ex-army bell tents. I'm fairly certain that if I had to pack one up now I'd not have a clue.

[@kayemcmullen]

Who would have thought sewing with an industrial machine would be so satisfying and so much fun. - Constance you are a star.🦘🇦🇺

[@stanceymackenzie]

Excellent I am so pleased you enjoyed it

[@quicksilvertears921]

What I love about this video is we are all just people doing our thing. I'm sitting here hand sewing a little dress for my daughter. My first hand sewing complete project I have ever tried.. And you are sewing (mending) a tent. The amazing thing is that people have been sewing for thousands or hundreds of thousands (maybe more) years and sewing fills a human need. We need shelter and coverings to protect us from the elements. It is easy to forget that fashion and in this case, a tent brings us back to our most basic needs and elements that we all have in common.

[@rachelmayes298]

I bet the dress looks gorgeous. I love seeing. I’m just starting to see a quilt for my bed. It’s better than darning socks, or altering clothes my daughter keeps buying in the charity shops. Here’s to your next project 💖❤️❤️

[@stanceymackenzie]

That is a lovely way to put it. sometimes I feel my job is very frivolous and I should find away to help people more with what I do. But equally its nice to be able to use my work in a helpful way even if its just to keep a 50 year solidly built tent still usable, and that is a very satisfying feeling. I bet your daughter is going to love her dress well done.

[@kjtherrick4031]

Watching this machine work IS very interesting. Your mend looks terrific. That is one VERY LARGE tent. When you were sewing the manual zig-zag to close the hole, I thought, "She is extremely patient; way more patient than me." Good work!

[@stanceymackenzie]

I’m glad you enjoyed the working of the machine. It did require patience to fix, but it belongs to a friend and as it tore on our watch so to speak I did want to make the repair worthwhile.

[@kjtherrick4031]

@@stanceymackenzie You did! Your friend won't have to worry about that spot leaking or being weak!

[@maryappold1023]

Another box ticked on the "small sewing repairs" project list. Looks like it was a perfect day for it. Maneuvering such a weighty thing and keeping that zig-zag tight... Kudos!

[@stanceymackenzie]

Absolutely one more job done and yes indeed it was a perfect day for it and definitely a two person job.

[@sandiemable]

Well, hello there! Thank you for sharing this video; a woman wrestles with a massive tent. It was like watching a movie before there was sound with the music. Something like that. LOL! I love more of your videos. Have a great week, xoxo's Sandie🤗

[@stanceymackenzie]

I feel 1920s pre talkies video quality is about my skill level so I am glad you enjoyed it thank you.

[@mentatphilosopher]

Well this video sent me down an internet rabbit hole. There is probably a WW2 US Army Field Manual for tent repairs? Yes, there is FM 10-16. But then I found out you can be a Clothing Repair Specialist of which there are four grades. There are instructors training manuals and everything. Never seen anyone reference those when talking about historical sewing techniques. And I stumbled across a bunch of other stuff like FM 10-13 if on food preparation which has lots of information on can sizes and what was supplied in cans - like hamburgers. It also reminded me about the old Bell System Practices where there was a manual for everything. Not just technical telephony subjects but ones on the use of a hammer or the use of a screwdriver or the way the grass should be mowed outside of switching building and equipment huts.

[@stanceymackenzie]

I am glad you had an enjoyable trip down a rabbit hole. there are definitely British army manuals of equivalent subjects and army lorries kitted out with sewing machines for repairs of tents and parachutes.

[@vze57t9j]

Welcome back! Great repair project, excellent jaunty music choices and successful repacking of the tent!!!! Woo hoo!!! 👍🏻❤️

[@stanceymackenzie]

So glad you enjoyed it.

[@richardchaston3969]

With love and care. I thank you very much .

[@stanceymackenzie]

I am glad you like it and we fixed the other one too so thank you very much.

[@lilybelldesigns]

Lovely video Constance! Always enjoy seeing what you are up to.

[@stanceymackenzie]

I am glad you enjoyed it.

[@ladydunraven]

Love a good military tent packing - very satisfying….

[@lynnsaull5723]

I love your “pyjamas” and a great display of tent Tetris!

[@stanceymackenzie]

Thank you very much.

[@rachelmayes298]

Yippee 🥳 Constance is back. I’ve missed your videos immensely. Hoping you and your family are all well? Cup of tea, no children, and a lovely day in the garden. Right………ready to watch 💖❤️💖

[@stanceymackenzie]

Ah perfect I hope you enjoyed it.

[@kristinemorris3984]

That machine is a glorious beast!

[@stanceymackenzie]

It certainly chomps through all the layers well. I did find out it was set to a very slow speed and I could speed it up if I wanted, but it certainly made it easy to control at the slower speed

[@marionwhite8468]

Good job.

[@stanceymackenzie]

Thank you

[@SarahK86]

You are one crazy woman Constance. I'd go mad doing it that way

[@stanceymackenzie]

There’s always more than one way to do things when sewing that’s the beauty of it.

[@annh.8290]

I loved watching this, as I always do your videos, such fun! Not only do we get to see the Marvelous MacKenzie in action, sewing and wrestling with a tent that is perhaps as large as my little apartment here in the Netherlands, but we get to watch that wonderful machine walking through some very tough canvas, on what appears to be a lovely day. Win win all the way. Thank you for the show. :) I had to laugh, as we are just getting ready to go camping ourselves, only we "bike camp," so our tent is about the size as some people's refrigerator! Happy camping!

[@stanceymackenzie]

Hello, I am so glad you enjoyed the video, it was very satisfying chomping through the fabric, yes its quite an excessive tent for two people as I believe its a ten person tent for the army when it was made many years ago. Happy Camping to you too.

[@deehappy43]

Sewing a tent in your satin lounge pajamas is peak Constance, I feel.

[@stanceymackenzie]

Thank you, as I am working away from home at the moment my weekends are spent doing my washing and re packing to go away again, I find myself wearing the Lounge Pajamas as it means I don't have to get something that could be worn at work dirty at the weekend. And yes I had probably just planned to have a look at the tent and then we got stuck in and it seemed silly to go and get properly dressed once started.

[@deehappy43]

I love it!! Aspirational, honestly.

[@mariejohnson5428]

Thank goodness the tent I repaired was lighter fabric and my machine did zigzags. I also used a double patch technique though. Happy camping. :-D

[@stanceymackenzie]

I am glad to hear you also think a double patch is a good idea.

[@Rotten_Ralph]

I’m currently using my tiny loom as an experimental darn for my 18th century shift because I have it an why not? I do appreciate the mad tent repair and repack. I’m delighted truly.

[@stanceymackenzie]

Your tiny loom sounds brilliant. I hope it adds character and long live to your shift. Very glad you enjoyed the video too.

[@Outback0423]

Lovely video, thank you.

[@stanceymackenzie]

Thank you very much.

[@nicolakunz231]

The music started and I thought this was "fun outing" music, then you mentioned finding some jaunty music to cover the chatter and you did in fact do so. Watching you guy interact so adorably is very interesting. Even the bottom talk 😆

[@stanceymackenzie]

I am glad you enjoyed it. we did talk a lot of nonsense but I could not help leave the bottom conversation in as he did seem to head straight for it each time.

[@karinbaird2499]

You two are so sweet🥰

[@stanceymackenzie]

Thank you very much

[@elainebye9090]

Such a heavy-duty project! You for sure needed two people, but success was fully achieved! Very good patch.

[@stanceymackenzie]

it was quite a battle but very satisfying in the result so thank you.

[@theplussizecostumer]

Oh my word. That's a big sewing project. I must say I never thought about bring my little home machine outdoors to sew, much less an industrial machine, and I never thought to mend a tent. Of course we don't have any tents at the moment. Out of curiosity, exactly how large is this tent. It looked huge to me.

[@stanceymackenzie]

Hello, I feel I was at an advantage in that the machine belongs to a car upholsterer who was using one of our sheds to work in left the machine there so we only had to wheel it out. I don't think we would have got the tent up the stairs and it would be much harder to sew on my industrial without the walking foot. I am rubbish at square footage so not sure of the tents official size but its a 1950s army tent designed for ten men. we find it is very roomy for two and one dog.

[@annacatherinesendgikoski1965]

Awesome job!!

[@stanceymackenzie]

Thank you very much.

[@baralinni79]

Yet another delightful video 🥰 And the repair looks really nice! I mended a tarp last summer, which was definitely also a two person job. My old machine was already done with fine sewing, so I taped the rips with duct tape and sewed through the tape 🙈 Not pretty at all but it worked great. Will still be keeping the machine for future tarp repairs 💪

[@stanceymackenzie]

We repaired a second tent after this one where the holes had already been duct taped over snd we also just patched straight over the tape as it was already holding them shut nicely. I’m glad you enjoyed the video

[@susanpilling8849]

This was great. Unfortunately you reminded me that I have to repair my partners tent, which the mice got at in the shed 😕. I only have a domestic sewing machine but it's a much smaller tent and I don't think it's as heavyweight canvas. Otherwise it's back to hand sewing. Fingers crossed.

[@stanceymackenzie]

I hope you can machine through all the layers ok and do not have to resort to hand sewing. We had to repair a second tent after this one and I think all the holes in that one where mice related from storage unfortunately

[@c.w.3750]

I’ve patched our tipi just the way you’ve done this tent. We use beeswax to weather proof.

[@stanceymackenzie]

oh interesting, I asked if we needed to re proof it but was assured it would be ok. I hope your tipi is nice and waterproof it sounds as if it will be.

[@bunhelsingslegacy3549]

That's quite a machine!! Is it vintage, or just really heavy duty? I'm particularly amused that when I patch my trousers it looks pretty similar, although I usually baste the rip shut first with what I call a shoelace stitch so everything stays flat.

[@stanceymackenzie]

Hello, its not vintage, although its possibly second hand, it is set up for heavy duty upholstery with a walking foot great for leather, vinyl and canvas.

[@geraldinefields1730]

Hello. The tent repair on a sewing machine out of doors was unexpected. Thank you. What was harvested at the next door farm?

[@stanceymackenzie]

I think it was probably wheat We used the tent this summer and the repair held very well.

[@jayneterry8701]

A real work out for the arms! 🩷