AilbheApr 2, 2024

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.

#MarchMending

Terri K O 🍁Mar 26, 2024

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.

#mending #ReduceReuseRepairRecycle

AilbheMar 25, 2024
Mended another duvet cover using a sort of modified buttonhole stitch on some small L-shaped rips. #MarchMending
Show threadAilbheMar 24, 2024
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
AilbheMar 23, 2024
#MarchMending replaced a button on my pyjamas. Small but significant improvements!!!
AilbheMar 22, 2024
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
Terri K O 🍁Mar 22, 2024

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.

#weaving @weaving

Show threadAilbheMar 12, 2024
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
Terri K O 🍁Mar 9, 2024

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? 😂

#mending

SibylleMar 9, 2024
#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