Survival Item – Sewing Kit
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Survival Gear
A survival sewing kit is usually pretty small and contains only a few things. Instead of thread, I like to pack dental floss or fishing line in my kit because of the ability to use it for more than just sewing.
Fishing line is a lot stronger than thread and is a far better option when putting together a survival sewing kit. Your kit should be able to repair clothing, fix a ripped tent or tarp, mend backpacks and sleeping bags, and in an emergency can be used to stitch up a wound.
Other things that can be in your survival sewing kit:
- A few Buttons
- Various Size Needles
- Thimble to push needles through heavy tarps or animal hides
- Self cutting Grommets for tarps and tents
- Duct Tape
- Thick Rubber, plastic and canvas patches
- Small scissors
- Fishing Line
Randy Hahn on Sun, 11th Jan 2009 5:16 am
Fishing line is an excellent idea, never thought of that, it will be in my sewing kit from now on. A great alternative to fishing line, is NYLON thread. it is does not rott in wet weather and has much better strength than cotton thread. My wife intorduced me to the Nylon thread, when she was repairing some of my Army combat trousers. But the fishing line is definitley going in my sewing kit in my Bug out Bag.
Mark B on Tue, 19th Jan 2010 10:04 pm
I do some sewing as a hobby and I found I can put a nice length of monofilament onto a sewing machine bobbin that fits in a sewing kit quite nicely. Plus the small spool makes using the line for actually fishing with a handline a bit more manageable.
Nice site very good information, well presented. Thanks.
Mark B on Tue, 19th Jan 2010 10:06 pm
Forgot to say…Use the sewing machine to spin the line onto the bobbin.