Good morning Crafters! We are so excited to be the first stop for Martha Stewart’s Blog Tour today with a special article excerpt from Martha Stewart Living’s January issue on how to mend knits. Learn how to repair small holes in sweaters, fix a pulled thread, save a buttonhole, and lots more! Just download the article from the link below.
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Martha Stewart Living – January 2011
Silke Stoddard, Deputy Editor of Crafts at Martha Stewart Living also shares with us her list of must-have tools for mending.
- Snaps in various sizes – to replace fallen off snaps, or add to a part you’d like to stay close (like a too open top, or a wide collar)
- Thimble – for hand sewing through thick seams or heavy fabric
- Disappearing ink pen – to mark placement for buttons or seam allowance or a new hem line
- Hand sewing needles in various sizes, lengths and thicknesses – most small mending, such as torn hems, or lost buttons are sewn by hand, so having various sizes is very helpful
- Sewing thread – in various colors and weights, to match your clothing fabric in color and weight
- Pins – again various sizes and lengths, having different colored pin heads is helpful, safety pins are good for a quick fix, or to help pulling a drawstring back in
- Elastic – helpful to replace in kids clothes waistbands
- Stitch witch – an iron on way to fix a rip in a non woven
- Leftover fabric pieces – to use as patches to sew over holes
- Seam ripper – to remove old stitching, ripped pockets, etc.
- Tape measure / ruler – measure hems, lengths of ribbon, etc.
- Martha Stewart detail scissors – perfect pointy small scissors to clip threads or remove old buttons
- Iron – to iron out seams, crease hems, etc.
You can find more mending solutions on marthastewart.com.
For the tomorrow’s stop in the blog tour, please catch more tips from Martha Stewart Living experts on Curbed.com!
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