Torn Shirt = Great Opportunity! Using reverse appliqué to patch a hole. By Diane Gilleland Here’s a decorative way to repair a prominent hole (or stain) in your favorite garment: just turn it into a reverse appliqué embellishment. It’s very easy to do and you can customize your old clothes in no time! Materials: Water-soluble […]
Amy at Crafty Dame has been enjoying Mending Month here on CRAFT and has shared her tutorial on how to mend a sweater snag. She also has another tutorial on mending t-shirt sleeves by shortening them.
Crochet Patches By Andrea Dunlap A few years ago when I was working on a documentary in Peru, I only had a few pairs of nice hiking socks with me and one of them got a hole. I didn’t have a sewing needle or thread, but I did have a set of crochet hooks and […]
(Photo by: Burcu Avsar + Zach DeSar from the book, Button It Up) How to Mend Broken Jewelry By Susan Beal Mending your own jewelry can be easy to do. If a pendant chain snaps, a clasp comes off a necklace, or you need to replace an earring wire, a few basic techniques can get […]
Shoes fall apart, sometimes before their time. Instructables user sk8ter20art made a guide to repairing sandals with a peeling footbed.
Here’s a roundup of this week’s Mending Month posts. Stay tuned! We aren’t even done yet. There’s lots more mending to come next week as well. Susan Beal shows you how to mend a bed sheet. Learn how to mend torn upholstery in Diane Gilleland’s tutorial. Arwen’s Patch 101 goes over the many ways you […]
Here’s yet another way to patch a hole in a pair of pants. I was inspired by a pair of jeans I saw on my friend Gina, and I asked her, “did you do that?” She said, “no, I bought them this way.” So here’s a way to use lots of zigzag stitches to patch […]
