Do It Yourself

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submitted 1 year ago by isosphere@beehaw.org to c/diy@beehaw.org

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I'm grabbing every favourite piece of clothing I have around the house and mending it with a needle and thread

I'm not very good at it, but it's not terribly hard to close up broken seams good enough for some use. It sure as heck beats buying a new pair of jeans for $70 just because I somehow destroy the crotch every year

I'm finding this to be really satisfying and relatively easy to do. Certainly I can develop better stitching technique and use better tools and material, but it's easy enough to be good enough, or so it seems to me now

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[–] BrightFadedDog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I have issues with the fabric itself wearing through more than the seams. I patch them on the inside with some fabric from another old pair of jeans, and sew over them with varigated thread so the fabric is reinforced but the repair is not very visible.