Mending with Monsters
Worn out knees in your favorite jeans? Patch it with a monster face!
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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!
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.
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.
Pom Pom Sweater
I Spy DIY has all kinds of fabulous DIYs to share, and this pom pom sweater is one of my favorites. It’s a great way to add some fun to an old sweater OR even save a favorite piece of knitwear. I have a sweater or two that have a bad pull or a tiny hole, and this would be a great way to hide the problem and create a solution!
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 […]
“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!
