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#today

Bought some #mending glue tape so I can better patch the trousers that my fat arse split this morning, and also begin attacking the rest of the decades-old mending pile.

I'm enrolling on a fresh #hamradio course so I can rejoin the airwaves.

There's a powerful 18" floor fan by the window keeping me cool right now, as it's like a greenhouse upstairs.

Trying to give away a double bed with a marginal #woodchip frame, if anyone can be persuaded to #refurbish it somehow? Thoughts please

#today

Bought some #mending glue tape so I can better patch the trousers that my fat arse split this morning, and also begin attacking the rest of the decades-old mending pile.

I'm enrolling on a fresh #hamradio course so I can rejoin the airwaves.

There's a powerful 18" floor fan by the window keeping me cool right now, as it's like a greenhouse upstairs.

Trying to give away a double bed with a marginal #woodchip frame, if anyone can be persuaded to #refurbish it somehow? Thoughts please

#today

Bought some #mending glue tape so I can better patch the trousers that my fat arse split this morning, and also begin attacking the rest of the decades-old mending pile.

I'm enrolling on a fresh #hamradio course so I can rejoin the airwaves.

There's a powerful 18" floor fan by the window keeping me cool right now, as it's like a greenhouse upstairs.

Trying to give away a double bed with a marginal #woodchip frame, if anyone can be persuaded to #refurbish it somehow? Thoughts please

#today

Bought some #mending glue tape so I can better patch the trousers that my fat arse split this morning, and also begin attacking the rest of the decades-old mending pile.

I'm enrolling on a fresh #hamradio course so I can rejoin the airwaves.

There's a powerful 18" floor fan by the window keeping me cool right now, as it's like a greenhouse upstairs.

Trying to give away a double bed with a marginal #woodchip frame, if anyone can be persuaded to #refurbish it somehow? Thoughts please

#today

Bought some #mending glue tape so I can better patch the trousers that my fat arse split this morning, and also begin attacking the rest of the decades-old mending pile.

I'm enrolling on a fresh #hamradio course so I can rejoin the airwaves.

There's a powerful 18" floor fan by the window keeping me cool right now, as it's like a greenhouse upstairs.

Trying to give away a double bed with a marginal #woodchip frame, if anyone can be persuaded to #refurbish it somehow? Thoughts please

Hey #VisibleMending people,

any recommendations for manuals or tutorials how to mend a hole like this one in **linen** pants?
Boundary conditions: it had to be done by hand without any special equipment (but I'm pretty good at hand stitches of all kind & don't own a sewing machine) and it has to hold a few washes, at least.

For everyone else: please note I am asking people with experience in #mending or clothes #repair, not folks who point me towards something they found online or googled up.

Today in Mending: the pocket of a secondhand Timbuk2 bag I paid a little too much for on eBay, but it was exactly what the kid wanted for an alternate schoolbag so ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

#VisibleMending #mending

RE: https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/@mf_magazine/116589980874173833

Tagging for #SolarPunkSunday!

#CircularEconomy #Mending

I love this t-shirt but the design is peeling off so I figured I'd stitch it on instead.

Great plan Lex. This project will take me the rest of my life! Curse chronic illness, I could just set up my sewing machine if I could physically sit up for meaningful amounts of time.

#Sewing #Mending

https://www.evshift.com/455426/kiranya-kalau-punya-uang-buat-beli-wuling-darion-mending-beli-ev-atau-phev-ya/ Kiranya kalau punya uang buat beli Wuling Darion, mending beli EV atau PHEV ya? #atau #beli #Buat #Darion #ElectricCars #ElectricVehicles #EV #Hybrids #kalau #Kiranya #mending #phev #PlugInHybrids #PlugInHybridsVehicles #PUNYA #uang #Wuling

You don't need to be an experienced sewist to start modifying your own clothes. We'll prove it in June.

#PDX #Portland #Sewing #Mending

https://evergreensewing.com/2026/05/11/were-teaching-three-classes-in-june/

And that's it! Your pants are now ready to face the world again. The trickiest bit is to make sure not to catch extra bits of fabric and create creases (or even sew shut your pants), but if you do, there's always the trusted seamripper to cut the stitches and try again. Just take your time and it'll be fine.
5/5
#sewing #mending #MakeDoAndMend

And that's it! Your pants are now ready to face the world again. The trickiest bit is to make sure not to catch extra bits of fabric and create creases (or even sew shut your pants), but if you do, there's always the trusted seamripper to cut the stitches and try again. Just take your time and it'll be fine.
5/5
#sewing #mending #MakeDoAndMend

And that's it! Your pants are now ready to face the world again. The trickiest bit is to make sure not to catch extra bits of fabric and create creases (or even sew shut your pants), but if you do, there's always the trusted seamripper to cut the stitches and try again. Just take your time and it'll be fine.
5/5
#sewing #mending #MakeDoAndMend

And that's it! Your pants are now ready to face the world again. The trickiest bit is to make sure not to catch extra bits of fabric and create creases (or even sew shut your pants), but if you do, there's always the trusted seamripper to cut the stitches and try again. Just take your time and it'll be fine.
5/5
#sewing #mending #MakeDoAndMend

And that's it! Your pants are now ready to face the world again. The trickiest bit is to make sure not to catch extra bits of fabric and create creases (or even sew shut your pants), but if you do, there's always the trusted seamripper to cut the stitches and try again. Just take your time and it'll be fine.
5/5
#sewing #mending #MakeDoAndMend

The hemming tape may claim that it's a durable solution, but that's a lie. We need to reinforce this patch or it'll just drop off in no time. Using your sewing machine (or needle and thread if you're patient and have strong fingers), sew up and down the patch several times. Remember to use matching thread to your pants. This is where the reverse button of your machine will really come in handy. Up and down, left and right, just make a nice grid, catching all the edges.
4/5
#sewing #mending #MakeDoAndMend

The hemming tape may claim that it's a durable solution, but that's a lie. We need to reinforce this patch or it'll just drop off in no time. Using your sewing machine (or needle and thread if you're patient and have strong fingers), sew up and down the patch several times. Remember to use matching thread to your pants. This is where the reverse button of your machine will really come in handy. Up and down, left and right, just make a nice grid, catching all the edges.
4/5
#sewing #mending #MakeDoAndMend

The hemming tape may claim that it's a durable solution, but that's a lie. We need to reinforce this patch or it'll just drop off in no time. Using your sewing machine (or needle and thread if you're patient and have strong fingers), sew up and down the patch several times. Remember to use matching thread to your pants. This is where the reverse button of your machine will really come in handy. Up and down, left and right, just make a nice grid, catching all the edges.
4/5
#sewing #mending #MakeDoAndMend

The hemming tape may claim that it's a durable solution, but that's a lie. We need to reinforce this patch or it'll just drop off in no time. Using your sewing machine (or needle and thread if you're patient and have strong fingers), sew up and down the patch several times. Remember to use matching thread to your pants. This is where the reverse button of your machine will really come in handy. Up and down, left and right, just make a nice grid, catching all the edges.
4/5
#sewing #mending #MakeDoAndMend

The hemming tape may claim that it's a durable solution, but that's a lie. We need to reinforce this patch or it'll just drop off in no time. Using your sewing machine (or needle and thread if you're patient and have strong fingers), sew up and down the patch several times. Remember to use matching thread to your pants. This is where the reverse button of your machine will really come in handy. Up and down, left and right, just make a nice grid, catching all the edges.
4/5
#sewing #mending #MakeDoAndMend

Put the pants on a flat surface, and put first the hemming tape and the the patch on the inside on the hole. The right side of the patch facing down, towards the hole. Try to keep the edges of the hole together so less of the patch will show through. If your hole is too big, don't worry, that's why you have a patch in a matching colour. (Or not, you can use a contrasting patch for a bit of #VisibleMending.) If there's a lot of fraying, maybe trim down the edges a bit first. When everything is lined out, take a hot iron and iron the patch on. Mind you don't melt any interfacing to your iron, or you'll have to clean of nasty gunk (ask me how I know).
3/5
#sewing #mending #MakeDoAndMend

Put the pants on a flat surface, and put first the hemming tape and the the patch on the inside on the hole. The right side of the patch facing down, towards the hole. Try to keep the edges of the hole together so less of the patch will show through. If your hole is too big, don't worry, that's why you have a patch in a matching colour. (Or not, you can use a contrasting patch for a bit of #VisibleMending.) If there's a lot of fraying, maybe trim down the edges a bit first. When everything is lined out, take a hot iron and iron the patch on. Mind you don't melt any interfacing to your iron, or you'll have to clean of nasty gunk (ask me how I know).
3/5
#sewing #mending #MakeDoAndMend

Put the pants on a flat surface, and put first the hemming tape and the the patch on the inside on the hole. The right side of the patch facing down, towards the hole. Try to keep the edges of the hole together so less of the patch will show through. If your hole is too big, don't worry, that's why you have a patch in a matching colour. (Or not, you can use a contrasting patch for a bit of #VisibleMending.) If there's a lot of fraying, maybe trim down the edges a bit first. When everything is lined out, take a hot iron and iron the patch on. Mind you don't melt any interfacing to your iron, or you'll have to clean of nasty gunk (ask me how I know).
3/5
#sewing #mending #MakeDoAndMend

Put the pants on a flat surface, and put first the hemming tape and the the patch on the inside on the hole. The right side of the patch facing down, towards the hole. Try to keep the edges of the hole together so less of the patch will show through. If your hole is too big, don't worry, that's why you have a patch in a matching colour. (Or not, you can use a contrasting patch for a bit of #VisibleMending.) If there's a lot of fraying, maybe trim down the edges a bit first. When everything is lined out, take a hot iron and iron the patch on. Mind you don't melt any interfacing to your iron, or you'll have to clean of nasty gunk (ask me how I know).
3/5
#sewing #mending #MakeDoAndMend

Put the pants on a flat surface, and put first the hemming tape and the the patch on the inside on the hole. The right side of the patch facing down, towards the hole. Try to keep the edges of the hole together so less of the patch will show through. If your hole is too big, don't worry, that's why you have a patch in a matching colour. (Or not, you can use a contrasting patch for a bit of #VisibleMending.) If there's a lot of fraying, maybe trim down the edges a bit first. When everything is lined out, take a hot iron and iron the patch on. Mind you don't melt any interfacing to your iron, or you'll have to clean of nasty gunk (ask me how I know).
3/5
#sewing #mending #MakeDoAndMend

What we need for an easy fix is a patch in the same colour as the pants and a bit of hemming tape. I didn't have black canvas, so I took a bit of dark denim from a pair of jeans that were beyond repair. Hemming tape is basically double sided fusible interfacing. It's meant for - you'll never guess - hemming, but it's great to keep patches in place while you sew them on. You could skip the tape and use pins, but that's much more fiddly, especially in a difficult location like a crotch seam.
2/5
#sewing #mending #MakeDoAndMend

What we need for an easy fix is a patch in the same colour as the pants and a bit of hemming tape. I didn't have black canvas, so I took a bit of dark denim from a pair of jeans that were beyond repair. Hemming tape is basically double sided fusible interfacing. It's meant for - you'll never guess - hemming, but it's great to keep patches in place while you sew them on. You could skip the tape and use pins, but that's much more fiddly, especially in a difficult location like a crotch seam.
2/5
#sewing #mending #MakeDoAndMend

What we need for an easy fix is a patch in the same colour as the pants and a bit of hemming tape. I didn't have black canvas, so I took a bit of dark denim from a pair of jeans that were beyond repair. Hemming tape is basically double sided fusible interfacing. It's meant for - you'll never guess - hemming, but it's great to keep patches in place while you sew them on. You could skip the tape and use pins, but that's much more fiddly, especially in a difficult location like a crotch seam.
2/5
#sewing #mending #MakeDoAndMend

What we need for an easy fix is a patch in the same colour as the pants and a bit of hemming tape. I didn't have black canvas, so I took a bit of dark denim from a pair of jeans that were beyond repair. Hemming tape is basically double sided fusible interfacing. It's meant for - you'll never guess - hemming, but it's great to keep patches in place while you sew them on. You could skip the tape and use pins, but that's much more fiddly, especially in a difficult location like a crotch seam.
2/5
#sewing #mending #MakeDoAndMend

What we need for an easy fix is a patch in the same colour as the pants and a bit of hemming tape. I didn't have black canvas, so I took a bit of dark denim from a pair of jeans that were beyond repair. Hemming tape is basically double sided fusible interfacing. It's meant for - you'll never guess - hemming, but it's great to keep patches in place while you sew them on. You could skip the tape and use pins, but that's much more fiddly, especially in a difficult location like a crotch seam.
2/5
#sewing #mending #MakeDoAndMend

Let me share an easy way to fix a hole in your pants . Here's the crotch of one of my guys jeans. I don't know what he does (not sure if I want to know), but pretty much all his pants develop holes along the crotch seam. This one is still small and easy to fix.
1/5
#sewing #MakeDoAndMend #mending

Let me share an easy way to fix a hole in your pants . Here's the crotch of one of my guys jeans. I don't know what he does (not sure if I want to know), but pretty much all his pants develop holes along the crotch seam. This one is still small and easy to fix.
1/5
#sewing #MakeDoAndMend #mending

Let me share an easy way to fix a hole in your pants . Here's the crotch of one of my guys jeans. I don't know what he does (not sure if I want to know), but pretty much all his pants develop holes along the crotch seam. This one is still small and easy to fix.
1/5
#sewing #MakeDoAndMend #mending

Let me share an easy way to fix a hole in your pants . Here's the crotch of one of my guys jeans. I don't know what he does (not sure if I want to know), but pretty much all his pants develop holes along the crotch seam. This one is still small and easy to fix.
1/5
#sewing #MakeDoAndMend #mending

Let me share an easy way to fix a hole in your pants . Here's the crotch of one of my guys jeans. I don't know what he does (not sure if I want to know), but pretty much all his pants develop holes along the crotch seam. This one is still small and easy to fix.
1/5
#sewing #MakeDoAndMend #mending

#MayDayMending Fighting capitalism by mending this jacket rather than buying a new one (and, uh, repeatedly pricking my fingers with the needle because I'm bad at sewing, and posting about it because I need a break after, like, 10 stitches). #mending #mendingClothes

#MayDayMending Fighting capitalism by mending this jacket rather than buying a new one (and, uh, repeatedly pricking my fingers with the needle because I'm bad at sewing, and posting about it because I need a break after, like, 10 stitches). #mending #mendingClothes

#MayDayMending Fighting capitalism by mending this jacket rather than buying a new one (and, uh, repeatedly pricking my fingers with the needle because I'm bad at sewing, and posting about it because I need a break after, like, 10 stitches). #mending #mendingClothes

#MayDayMending Fighting capitalism by mending this jacket rather than buying a new one (and, uh, repeatedly pricking my fingers with the needle because I'm bad at sewing, and posting about it because I need a break after, like, 10 stitches). #mending #mendingClothes

#MayDayMending Fighting capitalism by mending this jacket rather than buying a new one (and, uh, repeatedly pricking my fingers with the needle because I'm bad at sewing, and posting about it because I need a break after, like, 10 stitches). #mending #mendingClothes

"Across the country, men like Girard encouraged and profited from widespread industrialization and expanded commercial opportunities, but women’s unpaid domestic labor made their participation and profits possible."

https://theconversation.com/stockings-once-worn-by-phillys-wealthiest-man-show-the-value-of-womens-mending-in-early-america-279724

#Mending #SlowFashion #VisibleMending

"Across the country, men like Girard encouraged and profited from widespread industrialization and expanded commercial opportunities, but women’s unpaid domestic labor made their participation and profits possible."

https://theconversation.com/stockings-once-worn-by-phillys-wealthiest-man-show-the-value-of-womens-mending-in-early-america-279724

#Mending #SlowFashion #VisibleMending

"Across the country, men like Girard encouraged and profited from widespread industrialization and expanded commercial opportunities, but women’s unpaid domestic labor made their participation and profits possible."

https://theconversation.com/stockings-once-worn-by-phillys-wealthiest-man-show-the-value-of-womens-mending-in-early-america-279724

#Mending #SlowFashion #VisibleMending

"Across the country, men like Girard encouraged and profited from widespread industrialization and expanded commercial opportunities, but women’s unpaid domestic labor made their participation and profits possible."

https://theconversation.com/stockings-once-worn-by-phillys-wealthiest-man-show-the-value-of-womens-mending-in-early-america-279724

#Mending #SlowFashion #VisibleMending

"Across the country, men like Girard encouraged and profited from widespread industrialization and expanded commercial opportunities, but women’s unpaid domestic labor made their participation and profits possible."

https://theconversation.com/stockings-once-worn-by-phillys-wealthiest-man-show-the-value-of-womens-mending-in-early-america-279724

#Mending #SlowFashion #VisibleMending

Sock mending skill-share

At the May Day Gathering 2026 in so-called Kingston, NY

Friday, May 1st, 2 PM – 7 PM
(Skill-share time TBD)
Forsyth Park, “Kingston, NY”

Mend what you’ve got and keep using it! Don’t know how? Come to the skill-share to learn to darn your socks.

Bring your holey socks and any mending materials you’d like to use. There will also be plenty of materials available at the skill-share.

#MayDay #anarchism #gathering #mending #darning #skillShare #repair #AGarlandForMayDay

Sock mending skill-share

At the May Day Gathering 2026 in so-called Kingston, NY

Friday, May 1st, 2 PM – 7 PM
(Skill-share time TBD)
Forsyth Park, “Kingston, NY”

Mend what you’ve got and keep using it! Don’t know how? Come to the skill-share to learn to darn your socks.

Bring your holey socks and any mending materials you’d like to use. There will also be plenty of materials available at the skill-share.

#MayDay #anarchism #gathering #mending #darning #skillShare #repair #AGarlandForMayDay

Sock mending skill-share

At the May Day Gathering 2026 in so-called Kingston, NY

Friday, May 1st, 2 PM – 7 PM
(Skill-share time TBD)
Forsyth Park, “Kingston, NY”

Mend what you’ve got and keep using it! Don’t know how? Come to the skill-share to learn to darn your socks.

Bring your holey socks and any mending materials you’d like to use. There will also be plenty of materials available at the skill-share.

#MayDay #anarchism #gathering #mending #darning #skillShare #repair #AGarlandForMayDay

Sock mending skill-share

At the May Day Gathering 2026 in so-called Kingston, NY

Friday, May 1st, 2 PM – 7 PM
(Skill-share time TBD)
Forsyth Park, “Kingston, NY”

Mend what you’ve got and keep using it! Don’t know how? Come to the skill-share to learn to darn your socks.

Bring your holey socks and any mending materials you’d like to use. There will also be plenty of materials available at the skill-share.

#MayDay #anarchism #gathering #mending #darning #skillShare #repair #AGarlandForMayDay