Re: Mending

Hate mending, hate alterations!  James usually grows out of things long
before they are in need of a mend, but should he rip a new garment, I'll
teach HIM how to mend it!

Replacing jean and trouser zips is a pig to do, and again, usually by
the time the zip fails, the jeans/trousers are pretty dead anyway.  If I
cost my time the way I do for customers, it isn't worth spending time on
ancient worn out jeans and the like when I could be sewing wedding
finery or replacing costumes priced with a heavy 'idiot tax' element!
New jeans, £15: Kate's sewing time, between £10 and £50 an hour...

Mending a re-enactment costume or an irriplacable silk dress would be a
different matter...  I just sorted out a jacket with one sleeve half out
and the collar coming off for these 71st Glasgow Highland Light Infantry
re-enactors, to see them through the weekend.  Their new jackets will be
ready at the end of the month.

 > Diana Curtis wrote:
 >
 > > I dont enjoy it, particularly holes in jeans knees.
 > > Diana
 >
 > I rarely do it...  If I rip something, it usually needs a whole new
 > something!  Zips go to the cleaners!
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 Kate,
 I am shocked! I think mending is one of the most rewarding things I do.  I
can get through a huge pile of torn clothes in less than an hour and
everything is (almost) like new.  I really feel like I have accomplished
something.  I would have thought it was a breeeze for you, who sews so much.

 Cut-off jeans are really not practical where I live.  Two pair of shorts
can last the whole summer.

 Kirsten Sollie
 Heimdal Norway

I rarely do it...  If I rip something, it usually needs a whole new
something!  Zips go to the cleaners!

I dont enjoy it, particularly holes in jeans knees.
Diana

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