Sewing "a little bit" is one of the most useful skills you can possibly have proportional to how cheap and easy it is to learn.
So many of the items in our daily lives are sew-able. A simple needle and thread changes the way you think. When an item breaks, you no longer think, "I guess I must buy a new one..." Instead, you think, "I guess I must fix it..."
How many of these everyday items rest for eternity in a landfill, because of a simple break that a needle and thread could have fixed? How many excess items were manufactured to make up for the forgetting of the humble needle and thread...?
I love you, needle and thread...
THISSSSSSSSS man the day my nonna's sewing kit was handed to me something changed in me
If you have dexterity issues, let me introduce you to one of my all time favorite tools: The Speedy Stitcher (~30USD for the deluxe kit, with knock offs being cheaper and often just as good or better) https://www.speedystitcher.com/ Nominally used for saddles and other leather goods and heavy canvas, it will *absolutely* work for any small repair you need. The bigger handle helps *IMMENSELY* if you've got shakey hands like I do, lower grip strength, or insensitivity/pain in fingertips. I do recommend running heavier thread (or even the cheapest dental floss you can get which works *awesome*) to prevent thread breakage. But yeah. You want to sew anything up to and including actual saddlery, but have issues with straight needle and thread? Speedy Stitcher.
