There are numerous ways to protect the environment, and it's up to us to choose the most suitable methods to contribute and help our planet. This is especially crucial now, given the many factors contributing to climate change and the degradation of our beloved Mother Earth.
Introduction: An hour or two after I put up the last post on mending, I got a phone call from New York. My friend Alice is a retired textile conservator. We were good friends when I lived in the We…
What you need to know before mending your clothing.
This Japanese mending technique is absolutely incredible!
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Creative ways to mend jeans - some of these are really pretty!
Slow Stitching is a new term for an age-old practice of quiet gentle making, mending, repair and stitching. Here’s what slow stitching is and how to do it, as well as what you can make from all your beautiful stitched pieces.
Healing is the power to restore an individual to full health or an object to pristine condition. The trigger for this power is love and conversely the trigger for the touch of death, its counterpart power, is hate. This power is mainly possessed by Whitelighters, a warm golden light shines from their hands as they heal injuries and wounds on others. It also mends their charges' torn clothes. This ability has also been shown to heal objects as well, such as when Leo used it on some plumbing pipes
I'm tackling some of those bothersome small holes that appear on t-shirts with some quirky and colourful visible mending.
Wear your favorite clothes longer with these tips for fixing tears, patching holes, sewing buttons, and more.
For those of you that fear a needle...this one might make you overcome that fear. I never saw it before but it is perfectly clear now...it is sewing on graph paper! Five cents a copy. Prepared by the Educational Bureau of Coats and Clark. I'm having such trouble trying to figure out which one I need to do first, second, third.... The last half of the pamphlet will come tomorrow. Well, go get your needles! Download the pamphlet pages here.
This is a real live story of how I helped my friend not stab herself (or others) . . . in other words, how to fix a hole in your knitting!
I am so late to the game and I feel like everyone in the sewing community has made the Sapporo Coat except me, but hey, better late than never right?I fell in love with this jacket so fast, I made two in TWO days! My first one was a wool blend with a cotton silk lining (this gorgeous zebra fabric). My second one was a cotton blend jacquard with a cotton/silk lining. As we're heading into Australian summer I'm definitely going to make more out of summery fabrics such as linen or even silk!As much
Learn the simple steps for fixing a tear in your jeans with our comprehensive guide on how to sew a hole in jeans. Get professional-looking results in no time.
Learn how to darn tears and holes on fabric: Darning is also called invisible mending
Whether a moth chewed a hole in your favorite sweater or you punctured it yourself, mending knits is an easy fix. What you need: the knit item that needs mending all-purpose thread that matches or…
Damaged veneer is a common trait of vintage furniture, but it's very easy to remove and repair with quality products that get the job done!
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Visible mending is a simple method for repairing a garment. Maybe you’ve snagged your dress on something, and a hole has formed, or you have weakened, thread bare areas from friction rubbing...
