Tag: Mending

Counting on …. Day 17

17th January 2024

Mending – darning, patching, replacing buttons and zips etc – helps clothes remain wearable longer. Repairs can be done  – almost invisibly- or they can be made decorative and obvious. 

Sewing skills improve with practice so you might want to begin with replacing a button or sewing up a hem, before trying your hand at replacing a zip or turning a  shirt collar (taking off a worn collar, flipping it over and sewing it back, so that the worn side is now inside the fold). 

Here are some previous posts – https://greentau.org/tag/darning/

https://greentau.org/tag/repairs/

And try this for decorative mending – https://blog.seasaltcornwall.com/decorative-darning/

https://www.marthastewart.com/1535789/sashiko-japanese-art-mending-fabric-visible-stitches

And this too may be of  – https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/16/what-have-i-gained-by-learning-to-sew-great-clothes-and-a-clear-conscience?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Counting on … day 1.126

31st May 2023

Having both a number of sheets and pillowcases that are wearing thin (even after turning the outsides into the middle) I have combined the two to make/ mend some new pillowcases, and used the left overs to make handkerchiefs. Possibly a bit excessive but it does give the cotton an extended life.

For more on making repairs and mending – https://greentau.org/tag/repairs/

and https://greentau.org/tag/up-cycling/