I have to say. This is now my favourite pastime. I do very much enjoy creating denovo. But mending gives me immense pleasure. As well as repurposing and altering garments.
Sarabeth has a number of holes in this dress. I needed to put fabric behind some of them before carefully hand stitching them.
Helen asked me to repair a very worn out armpit using embroidery thread. Bobbin is very happy here!
And then she found a jumper with a hole in it. Perfect colour match already in stash!
This is a very old bag from Accessorize and there were a number of holes and worn out handles. I repaired the holes with multicoloured thread and replaced the handles completely.
This coat from Winnie Magee is so very old and keeps getting holes. I have mended it several times. There are a mixture of patches, coarse embroidery and blanket stitch.
Sarabeth had made this cardigan when younger but the neckline had gone so I crochet repaired it.
Sarabeth gave me some old fabric which she had inadvertently washed in the machine. I tried to repair it and turned it into some cushions for her.
Debby had an enormous T-shirt which she no longer wanted so I turned it into a cushion for her.
Am I the only one to get holes here in my trainers? I really do cut my toenails often! I used a wooden darning mushroom and made a feature using fuschia pink embroidery thread.
Nita had a new dress and she asked me to apply this large fabric image. Firstly I kept it in place using self-adhesive fabric tape and then sewed around the perimeter in purple.
