miaa41•7d ago

Hot take: I think the push for only archival-quality materials in every project is overkill for most hobbyists.

At a guild meeting last week, someone insisted you must use linen thread and pH-neutral board even for a simple recipe book you'll use in your own kitchen, which seems like a waste of money and effort when basic cotton and chipboard would work fine.

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the_nathan7d ago

Wait, they said that for a recipe book you're gonna get food on? No way. I mean, my grandma's cookbook is held together with a rubber band and it's fine. Spending all that on linen thread just to have it covered in flour seems wild. Sometimes good enough is actually good enough, you know?

ruby4946d ago

Made a travel journal last year with some cheap cardstock and regular sewing thread. It got rained on in Seattle, sat in a hot car for a week, and still looks fine. The idea that everything needs to survive a nuclear winter is just not how most people live. My main goal was to actually finish the project, not get stuck buying special supplies.