Comments on: Wimpy Snap Repair

By: Tomato Lady

Tomato Lady — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 07:50:30 +0000

Maven Koesler–Thanks for the resource!

By: Maven Koesler

Maven Koesler — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:47:11 +0000

Tandy Leather sells replacement snaps in all kinds of sizes and the rivet tool to set them with if you ever need to replace one or a tougher one like a jean snap.

By: Chard Lady

Chard Lady — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:58:10 +0000

I can see why you wanted to repair this wonderful shirt!
Another way to fix such a shirt is to harvest snaps (with surrounding fabric) from other garments. The snap components can then be sewn onto the garment, and then covered with a matching bit of thin fabric if necessary. If you want to be fancy, you can put buttonholes along a strip of matching fabric, and it should fit over the snap parts perfectly.

By: AnnieJ

AnnieJ — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:43:22 +0000

When I read this post I jumped right up and fixed the snap on a favorite wallet that hasn’t closed in about a decade. Thank you! Something that has been a minor but daily annoyance for years is no more. If you have a quota of people to make happy in a day, count me for one!

By: Mindy MacInnis

Mindy MacInnis — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:58:08 +0000

My mom taught me to fix snaps with a hammer. If you tap the post gently you will flatten / widen it, and voila! The snap stays firm again. Just don’t smash it too hard of course…

By: Tomato Lady

Tomato Lady — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:22:11 +0000

Corinne–I’m afraid my Halloween costume skills don’t extend much beyond the ghost sheet with eye holes cut in it, but if I ever get ambitious I will have to remember that! You may have to start a blog to show how to do it.

By: Corinne

Corinne — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:32:30 +0000

I had no idea! And I work in costumes! We sew on snaps anyway though, but when we buy garments with faulty snaps we just toss them! No More!

Did you also know something else cool about snaps? A size 3 snap will fit on a medical patch (the kind they use to put electrodes on you) – so you can make all sorts of fun accessories to put directly onto your skin! I should have told you this BEFORE Halloween…..