One of my best kept secrets is that I own a sewing machine. Back in my drinking days, while I was still in the Army, I bought it to sew on my own patches, name tapes, badges, tabs, etc. Each BDU top would cost me $10-15 bucks just for the sewing, so I bought a cheap $60 brother thinking that after four or five uniforms, I'd be saving beer money.
Then over the years, I started repairing stuff. Then I started making stuff...