My son who is 35 bought himself a sewing machine (Elna) and brought it around to teach him how to use it. It is great to see males doing this sort of thing and not feeling silly about it either. He had a t-shirt that he altered under my supervision. And then he went of home proud as Punch he was.
A sewing machine is a power tool with thread.
And a sharp needle. Says she who over the years have put her finger far too close while sewing.