Feed sack stitch

[stuckmotor]

I recently watched a comedy where the thread in the seam of a man's pants was caught on a car that drove off causing the pants to fall apart. One of the things that came into my mind was how freakish an accident this would have been. All too many times I've had to cut a bag open because I couldn't find the right part of the string to pull and make the seam unravel.

 

[npalen]

This has been my nemesis also. Used to watch my Dad do it right time after time.

 

[stuckmotor]

The sacks with the arrow showing where to pull are a blessing.

 

[EddieWalker]

Gotta admit that for awhile, I would forget where to start pulling the string to get the sacks open, and then create a mess and have to use a knife. But then I realized that every single sack is the same. Look at the front picture and pull the top right.

 

[stuckmotor]

Thanks Eddie. I think I can remember that.

 

[Dutch445]

How To Open a Sewn Bag - YouTube
it's all on youtube!

 

[rgr33]

Thanks for that video Dutch445, I have been fumbling with those bags for way too long.
I saw my mistake in there, now I gotta find a bag to road test it.

 

[RickB]

Single thread towards you; start from the right. Double thread towards you, start from the left.
Learned from my grandfather, before YouTube, before the internet. When burlap was the feed bag standard.

 

[Ford850]

Thanks for the video. I think I'll head out to Rural King and test this out on a few dozen bags.

 

[s219]

I can never get those right! My daughter's ski pants had these stitches on the legs, the idea is that when the kid outgrows the initial length, you pull the stitch and a little folded section of pants leg unfolds and gives you another few inches. Well I looked at it and realized it's the same stitch as a feed bag. Did one leg and it came apart nice and easy. Tried the other side and I was there picking at it for 15 minutes.

 

[oosik]

I'll bet I get it right at least one out of five times. Otherwise, picking stitches for another ten minutes.

 

[Big Barn]

Haha. I’m on the other side of the discussion here.

I’ve sewn thousands of 50 and 100 pound burlap sacks of potatoes in the old days with Fishbein portable sewing machines.

Opening them wasn’t my concern.

 

[RickB]

Haha. I’m on the other side of the discussion here.

I’ve sewn thousands of 50 and 100 pound burlap sacks of potatoes in the old days with Fishbein portable sewing machines.

Opening them wasn’t my concern.

So it’s YOUR fault! :laughing:

 

[Ford850]

I remember the elevator always tied our grain sacks by cinching the top closed with a couple quick wraps of twine. I tried over and over as a youngster to tie sacks that way, but couldn't figure out how they could do it so quickly and have it hold so snug. You could remove the twine easily by unwrapping one end.

 

[RalphVa]

Like me with these new Ziploc tops. My remedy: take scissors; cut off Ziploc; wrap over; affix clothes pin.

Ralph

 

[Big Barn]

Like me with these new Ziploc tops. My remedy: take scissors; cut off Ziploc; wrap over; affix clothes pin.

Ralph

Same here. I seem to find only the true Ziplocs operate easily and all the clones aren’t worth sh*t.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Haha. I’m on the other side of the discussion here.

I’ve sewn thousands of 50 and 100 pound burlap sacks of potatoes in the old days with Fishbein portable sewing machines.

Opening them wasn’t my concern.

I've sewn a few; but it was many years ago, and it was in a chemical plant in California. I think the chemical was Calcium Carbonate, or something similar, only mildly caustic. Seems like there was a rhythm involved; place sack on stand, clamp, hit foot pedal to fill, sew top shut. I got out of sync, and dumped a load that missed the sack, and got a face full, including my eyes, of chemical. I quickly found out why they had all of the eyewash fountains there!