Do It Yourself

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I tried mending on a whim and this is who I am now (beehaw.org)

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I'm grabbing every favourite piece of clothing I have around the house and mending it with a needle and thread

I'm not very good at it, but it's not terribly hard to close up broken seams good enough for some use. It sure as heck beats buying a new pair of jeans for $70 just because I somehow destroy the crotch every year

I'm finding this to be really satisfying and relatively easy to do. Certainly I can develop better stitching technique and use better tools and material, but it's easy enough to be good enough, or so it seems to me now

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I got some embroidery thread and fixed up an old sweater that ive had for...over a decade? It had some pretty big tears on the sleve. Now it has some nice looking decorative stitching. :) Already a fan of visible mending.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'm wearing mine with pride! I know it looks kind of ratty, but it's so comfortable and I'm proud of being able to prolong its life. Senseless waste is pretty hateful to me, keeping things going is a great feeling, especially when it's a favourite!