The bench never enters into it. The recipe is a one-second craft straight from the inventory with nothing to research, and only players who own the suit on Steam see it. So it is tempting to carry cloth and two sewing kits everywhere and dress again at any sleeping bag after a bad night farm.
Don't. Spare kits in your pockets are kits a roamer takes home when you die, and they are slow to replace: crafting your own waits for a Level 3 bench and rope that only loot gives. Sew the suit at base and walk out already wearing it.
A suit you are tired of belongs in the recycler, not at the bottom of a box. It hands back part of the cloth and a whole kit.
