Patching clothes

Extend the Life of Your Clothes with these Easy D.I.Y. Fixes It can be intimidating the first time you decide to try and repair your own clothes, but don't let that stop you! Remember if it needs a repair then it's already broken - you can't make it too much worse.(Unless you break out the

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Check out this curated list of creative ways to mend a hole! Lots of visible mending ideas for saving clothes from the landfill.

I use to cringe whenever one of my children earned another scout badge. Ug, sewing those tough little things onto a sash was bad enough, but sewing them onto the chest pocket was the worse. Other m…

Working in the style of Japanese Boro mending with upcycled patches, I created a large visible mend that becomes the focal point of this thrifted denim shirt, thereby highlighting its age, worn nat…

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Creative Jeans Mending Tutorials - sewing inspiration roundup from Melly Sews - diy fashion fixes

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Our Simple Living Toowoomba co-ordinator, Margy and I were brainstorming the other day about the coming year and she showed me a pair of jeans that she had embroidered. They looked fantastic and I would imagine would be so easy to do. She has used an assortment of stitches which stand out well against the denim. When I see the young girls in their 'ripped' jeans I am always tempted to ask them if they would like me to mend them for them. LOL! I can't believe people buy jeans that already…