Coquimbo Sewing Kit Gifts for Mom Grandma Women Men Adults Kids Teens Beginner Kids Traveler, Portable Sewing Supplies Accessories Contains Thread, Needles, Scissors, Dorm Room Essentials (Black, M)

As Expected for the Price – good for traveling and small fixes
Arrived today, so I cant yet say how strong the thread is (I will add to this review if any problems arise), but it is a decent little kit – for the price – for taking on vaca for small jobs. Referring to some points made by other reviewers:yes, the thread coils are quite small. But they appear to have more than enough thread to do a few simple jobs each. And there are two each of black and white, and three of light beige, which somewhat compensates for the lack of length. You will eventually need to buy more thread. By small jobs I mean re-attaching buttons, hopefully sewing a hatband onto a felt fedora (why I got it), but I wouldn’t expect it to sew up a large rip in pants. As to difficulty in opening the case with the needles, there is a tiny piece of hard-to-see transparent tape securing it in place. This must be removed. After that, the black back piece is pretty easy to remove from the transparent part that actually holds the needles. When you remove that back piece, make sure it is/was on the top side, and hold the case perfectly flat, so no needles will not fall out even if the “hole” happens to be aligned with a needle “slot”. Assuming needles dont start falling out, look at the side edge of the transparent part (it is opaque in places, but not the black backing.) You will see a gap at one point. To remove needles you need to rotate the transparent piece until the gap is over the “exit” slot for the needles you want to use. It is fairly difficult to rotate, use two opposing thumbs to turn it. Keep the whole thing level horizontally while you are turning the plastic, because whenever the “gap” goes over an “exit slot”, if it’s not perfectly level a bunch of needles will fall out. As a beginner, the hardest part is getting the thread into the needle. This kit comes with two threaders, which help a little but its still difficult for an old fogey like me with shaky hands and non perfect eyesight to do. The biggest help for me is this very useful device I got somewhere a long time ago, maybe at a surplus store, a jewelers loupe (?) which is a thing with a strap that goes around your head, a little light, and a strong magnifying glass that goes down over you eyes. That brings intense magnification to bear while leaving your hands free. But you probably wont take that on vacation, so, get a pair of strong reading/magnifying gasses (get them at a dollar store, they are way too expensive elsewhere). Also, the thimble is a ring with no top, which may actually be more useful than a regular one since I push the needles with my finger tip, not the top of my finger. We’ll see.Thats a pretty long review for a $7 item, and I will add to it after I actually try it.OK,adding now after first use, sewing a hatband onto a felt hat. First, the thread is weak. It broke on me once when pulling through the felt. Thread is fuzzy, obviously not a strong polyester. Also, I was wrong about their ‘ring’ thimble being OK. A real thimble works much better. You get what you pay for.

Lots of doodads
The case is slightly flimsy but lightweight and okay for the price. The thread is not the best quality — I wouldn’t want to sew a piece of clothing from scratch with it if the thread came independently in larger spools but it’ll do for small mending jobs and replacing buttons. It’s basically a kit for small jobs and it will suffice for what it’s expected to do and has everything a person would need to replace a button, sew a ripped seam, etc. in a pinch — straight pins, large safety pins (9!), sewing needles, needle threader, seam ripper, scissors that resemble manicure scissors, spare snaps and buttons, and a tape measure. If one needs to travel with a mending kit, this one is pretty compact when zipped up — about an inch thick and about 4″x6″.

Great for all the needs!
Great product and has all the many things I need! I bought it for college and it is super easy to store and use. Very affordable and great for on the go use!

Compact and easy to use
This is very compact to take any where and easy to use when you need it. There are many different colors and thread that will work. It’s organized so you can keep it all together.

Excellent for clothing repairs ; has everything!

Don’t buy this product it’s waste of money

Ottimo per i viaggi perchè piccolo e comodo da portare con sè, non occupa per niente spazio. Ovviamente non è super fornito, ma le cose essenziali sono presenti.