First go of a Spedeweave thing. These jeans look almost new except for where they keep being hoicked up by the belt loops, so I experimented with the new darning loom. Last time on these jeans I patched the inside and restitched the belt loops.
I do not recommend practising on the multi-layered parts of heavy denim garments before you've had a go on fabric that can be fitted into the tool but I managed. It feels like it's going to hold fairly well.
I was thinking last night that I was running out of things in my mending pile for #MarchMending but then I remembered that I fixed this mop yesterday 😅
I think this thing is over 20 years old and the velcro had finally come off so I replaced it with new stuff. I doubt the new glue will last another 20 years but one can hope!
Fond memories of this mop: my friends' kids were very excited by the telescoping handle and spent more than one afternoon fighting over who got to run around my apartment dusting the floors.
Mended another duvet cover using a sort of modified buttonhole stitch on some small L-shaped rips. #MarchMending
I finally finished this. It was tedious feeding the vast quantity of fabric so that I could mend the cul de sac seam, but I did it, and now my second-hand duvet cover will last much longer. I've had it six years. #MarchMending
#MarchMending replaced a button on my pyjamas. Small but significant improvements!!!
I'm trying to mend a duvet cover -- the top edge is weak all along the seam and there are a few holes. It's tearing where the cotton fabric meets the synthetic thread. But I suspect I may end up almost lining the whole thing unless I can decide where to draw the line. #MarchMending
The paper I used to use to help warp my loom was getting pretty beat up, and this piece of burlap had been sitting in my laundry room for, approximately 5 years, so I cut a few inches off the side and machine sewed the edge to limit fraying. I'm not sure it's going to be the *best* possible replacement but it was sitting right there.
I'm counting this as #MarchMending adjacent, since the ultimate goal is to make my loom work better for me. Next up is lunch then to the shop to see if I can up my warping game a bit too.
I finished re-fluffing the synthetic stuffing for a twenty-year-old cushion inner yesterday. It was horrible but did save the thing from landfill and bring it back into use. After using hairbrushes to "card" the stuff, my hands ached so much I needed rest before sewing the casing closed #MarchMending
Supplies for my embroidery/mending plans made it in, but I had a more urgent pants situation to fix for today's #MarchMending
These particular pants probably need new ribbing for the back waistband but a bit of chain stitch will keep them going while I figure out if it's worth buying fabric for a bigger fix.
Also, searching for "mending the edge" got me a whole pile of questionable christian fiction instead of actual ideas. Anyone got favourite ways to deal with fraying hems and waists? That involves fabric and thread instead of religion? 😂
#MarchMending doch noch... Hab mich das erste Mal an so etwas wie sashiko gewagt. Hat Spass gemacht und die Jacke halt bestimmt noch eine Saison lang.
#mendingmatters
#visiblemending
#flicken
I was going to try some tshirt mending/embellishments today but the interfacing I ordered hasn't made it so it's back to the sock mending pile for #MarchMending today.
This one is the same red yarn used in the toe, so it matches although it's certainly not invisible.
Rainbow mend for my mending month! 🌈
More duplicate stitch for another thin spot. The patch is in Knitted Wit "progress pride" and I love it on teensy stuff like this, so it'll probably make a few more appearances this month.
I'm making a new cushion inner and shredding the compacted stuffing is giving me flashbacks to when my mum made toys for sale used offcuts from a coat factory for stuffing -- we used to have to pull the diamond-shape quilted lining fabric off the batting and shred it for re-use.
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Today's mending looks a lot like yesterday's: I wore the socks for a bit and decided to extend the patch because there was still a bit that felt thin to my foot.
I don't think I can capture it in a photo but it's *very* noticeable how squashed the first patch has gotten and how thick the new extension feels. But it'll all feel the same by the time I'm done tonight's dog walk!
New hashtag for me. As it happens I was planning mending soon anyway but this will help. My current pile is a duvet cover, a cushion, and two sets of pyjama trousers. #MendMarch
#MarchMending
And here's sock #2, plus a picture from the side showing how the loom goes on. There's a notch that the hair tie fits into so you don't really have to hold things in place while you work and it's great.
Today's #MarchMending project is socks! These ones had gotten thin but didn't have a hole yet, so I'm using duplicate stitch.
Most common question: can you feel this patch? Yes! But I find after wearing the socks for a few minutes it gets squished and I stop noticing. I've definitely never gotten a blister from a mend (and I'm extremely prone in that spot of my foot otherwise!)
Darning loom from Katrinkles: https://katrinkles.com/collections/mending
(And it looks like they're running virtual workshops if you want to learn how to use one!) The loom works for woven patches but I like it for duplicate stitch too because of the way it stays put.
Sure, I could have made an invisible mend on this blanket, but where is the fun in that? My kid calls these rounded corner stars Kirby stars after the video game and I kind of love that.
My first mend for #MarchMending !
