Fixing/stitching a bad

[stello1001]

Hey all,
I bought a mini fortune cookie used. Has 3 very small holes but it's leaking sand through them.

I called the person I know who's good at sewing/knitting/stitching, etc. Which happens to be my mother. She told me to take it to her.

Every time she puts the needle through it it creates more holes that open up enough to let sand out, unlike when she does clothing, tablecloths or other things.

Is my bag just old the material no longer good enough? Or do you guys have a special way of doing these?

 

[D̷e̷v̷i̷l̷D̷o̷c̷A̷Z̷]

You want us to ask our moms?

 

[Hecouldgoalltheway]

Open it up, dump out the filling, line the interior with a durable bag of some sort, (have mom make something), then put the new filled bag back inside the original bag. Go shoot.

 

[Aftermath]

Flex seal the inside of the bag.

 

[stello1001]

Open it up, dump out the filling, line the interior with a durable bag of some sort, (have mom make something), then put the new filled bag back inside the original bag. Go shootMr.

I like this idea. But to open it up in order to have a newly made bag would require stitching it back up. Im afraid the new stitching will cause the old material to tear out.

Is there a particular section people are cutting these out to remove or replace fill? I know this is pretty common but...

Flex seal the inside of the bag.

I like this idea too. The flex seal would probably make for a great patch. But same as above. I'd have to have the bag cut and re-stitched back close.

 

[hlee]

Sounds like the bag is toast, which sucks as you paid for it. Hope it was inexpensive. You could slap a flex seal patch across the outside of the bag where the holes are. Yeah, it’d be ugly, but you wouldn’t need to re-sew the bag.

A new bag is $75, which isn’t nothing, but might be cheaper than the time and aggravation of fixing the old one.

 

[lead ƒarmer]

I've used both of the adhesives below and you can easily get a bunch more life out of your bag without opening it up. Probably any flexible glue could do a decent job.
aquaseal
shoe goo

 

[Lefty315]

They sell a glue at Dollar General that is labeled E9000 and it's in a gray tube that works great. I have had it on some hole for over a year now.

 

[Whiskey Tango Foxtrot]

I use hot glue gun before, still holding

 

[K80/6.5]

I just had the same thing happen to my tator tot will try the shoe goo and see what happens thanks! My brother switch from weibad bags because of how easy it is to get a hole he swears Armageddon bags are tougher will try those next.

 

[sirhrmechanic]

A sock and $2.99 worth of Beanie baby stuffing and you are golden…

Or find some cheap plush toys at WalMart or Dollar store and gut them out. Fill sock. Shoot.

Sirhr

 

[ma smith]

Use a smaller needle, get smaller holes...etc.

https://www.joann.com/on/demandware.static/Sites-JoAnn-Site/Sites-joann-project-catalog/-/images/hi-res/project/pdf/023507P9HandNeedlesGuide.pdf

 

[702lineman]

Also, and friend of mine fixed a gamechanger for me and used braided fishing line instead of thread, and it's been holding up great

 

[mheimer_45]

I can’t believe no one has mentioned duct tape. Also if you spray headliner adhesive to it first it will stick forever.

 

[zeroz]

Some good options given here and it all depends on your finances and what her/your time is worth. I like to prolong life of stuff for the most part so I waste a bunch of my time doing this kind of shit. Sometimes its worth it, a lot of the time not, LOL.

As far as adding a liner inside, she'll want to find the closing seam. Thats the one sewn from the outside at the end after the fill has been put in. If she's a seamstress, she'll know. Open that. Dump the fill out into a bag. Stuff a heavy duty ziploc (or double) in the bag through the closing seam leaving the seal out. Fill the ziploc. Close the seal and stuff it in. Sew up closing seam. Get a couple more years out of the bag.