crafts - More wonder clips and more random stuff

I ordered the wonder clips, and Amazon's estimate is that it will arrive
between the 19th and the 29th, but other orders from Amazon have gotten
to me faster than their estimate.

I think my first project when I get them will be to finish the pants I
talked about. The inseams are made with "regular" seams, and I am
pondering frog-stitching them and remaking them as French seams.

I am still thinking about whether to use elastic or a drawstring. The
drawstring would be cheaper, the reason is that whenever I buy shoes,
the laces are about 2ft (60cm) too long, so I also buy a pair of laces
that is only 3ft (1m) long, and replace the 5ft (~1.7m, I know the
length because I measured them once), so I have several pieces of
cording (shoelaces actually, but would they be cording after I repurpose
them?)

I also have thought about it, and I think the qigong (which as far as I
can tell is very much like tai chi) school that makes their students
make their uniforms by hand is employing very specious reasoning.

Sewing machines were developed for several reasons, and I think most of
those reasons can be summed up in that it is much more practical to make
garments by machine than by hand.

Seams made on a sewing machine are stronger than seams made by hand, so
I think a garment with the seams sewn by hand as opposed to machine is
actually of lower quality.

Unless the person doing the hand sewing is fairly experienced, the
stitches made by machine are better looking. I know that in my case,
machine stitching looks better and I think I am a bit more experienced
in hand-stitching than the general public (I avoid it as much as
possible, so I dont get much practice).

For some aspects of garment-making, such as finishing fancy lapels on a
suit or making cuffs on pants, hand sewing is necessary, but those are
only really needed if you are making suits or something like that.

For other types of stictchery, such as embroidery, hand stitching is
perhaps better, but for garment construction, machine stitching is more
practical.

As for patience, patience is a virtue in some things, but in garment
construction it is not. Garment construction needs to be done in the
fastest and most practical way possible so you can move on to whatever
you made the garment for, tai chi or whatever.

I am working on a new cartoon for my 4-panel comic, but have not
finished or posted it yet.

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