Re: Mending

Im with you on this. Right now its a necessary evil, to fix these pants, but
I'd much rather start from scratch than diddle around with a patch. It
turned out nicely, and I thank my dear mother for passing her Bernie with
the free arm along to me, but pushing those stupid legs around that arm,
trying to keep the back of the leg from getting stitched down into the patch
is a royal pain.
 Im almost ready to start cutting out a simple nightgown for DD, and a pair
of pajamas for the DGS. I wonder if he will sit still long enough for me to
get some measurements! LOL
Diana

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Heart and soul can make up for technical lacking in any form of art, but let
the heart be lacking and all the perfection means nothing.

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:
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 > > 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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Heart and soul can make up for technical lacking in any form of art, but let
the heart be lacking and all the perfection means nothing.