mending

How-To: Cute and Funny Speech Bubble Patch

How-To: Cute and Funny Speech Bubble Patch

I’m looking at my mending pile–including one pair of pants with a split seat–and thinking that things could get pretty hilarious pretty quickly with this cute and funny speech bubble patch tutorial!

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Sewing Tips: Basic Darning and Mending

In today’s culture of disposable fashion, the simple art of basic darning and mending has been all but forgotten.

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Flashback: Make a Tailor’s Ham: A Project Excerpt from Mend It Better by Kristin Roach

Flashback: Make a Tailor’s Ham: A Project Excerpt from Mend It Better by Kristin Roach

I love that Mend It Better provides instructions for making some of the tools that are essential for mending and sewing. A great example: this highly useful tailor’s ham, a must-have for crisp pressing.

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How-To: Mend Moth Holes with Beautiful Appliqued Moths

How-To: Mend Moth Holes with Beautiful Appliqued Moths

It’s probably just the soft spot in my heart for how-things-used-to-be-done talking, but I’ve always found beautiful, creative mending techniques to be utterly irresistible. If you’re looking for a lovely way to ensure that your favorite sweaters last for a few more seasons, you’ll definitely want to check out this moth hole mending tutorial from […]

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“The Curiosity is There:” Interview with Vincent Lai from the Fixers Collective

“The Curiosity is There:” Interview with Vincent Lai from the Fixers Collective

Vincent Lai from the Fixers Collective talks with MAKE about material literacy and competency mending, tinkering, and fixing broken objects in our lives!

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