mending

How-To: Lengthen Kids’ Pants

How-To: Lengthen Kids’ Pants

Following with our March is Mending Month theme, today I’ll be showing you how to add a little length to your children’s pants so they can wear them longer. One issue I constantly face with my kids’ pants (especially my daughter’s) is that they will fit in the waist for a long time, but get […]

Darn It!

Now, let me just start out by saying that I am no darning expert. My grandmother taught me how to darn when I was a kid, but to be honest, I seem to lose socks before they ever have a chance to get holes in them! It is, however, a really useful skill, whether you […]

CRAFT Project: Elbow Patches

I have this blue sweater I just love, even though it’s old and getting pilled and some of the buttons are falling off. I recently noticed some holes in the elbows too! But I’m not willing to go down without a fight, so I decided to repair it. Rather than try to do a subtle […]

Mend Your Quilt

Welcome to Mending Month on CRAFT! All month we’ll be bringing you projects you can do to bring new life to things you already own. First up is a continual project I’ve been working on: mending one of my quilts. It’s the first one my mom made for me, and it must have been ten […]