More of a maintain, but this is the dog bed fixing I did last week. The center cushion was pretty dead and when Delia used this bed (by the woodstove) she would try to lay on the back bolster part! So I used some foam from another, unused dog bed and covered it with some green upholstery fabric I was given a few years ago.
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Did a small/easy mend today. The snail decoration on this sun hat faded off in the wash so I had the Child pick from several patches that I had no business buying years ago.
Boom! Purchase validated.
That’s perfect! Fits with the ”use what you have” craft along too.
My work out trousers have the logo printed down the leg, and it’s crumbling off, spreading orange flakes. Unfortunately I’d need A Lot of patches to cover it up…
I don’t really mind wearing worn/weird outfits to the gym, but my partner is a bit more sensitive And since we go together most of the time I’ve been thinking of ways to spruce up my trousers.
I guess I should just suck it up and shorten/hem my other pair.
Oh, and it’s april already! Good thing I wrote the prompts in advance. I’ll have to see if I can do something for this prompt today. It’s probably time to give the wooden utensils some love again since someone keeps putting them in the dishwasher.
I patched two pillowcases today! You’ve seen those boring ugly things a few times before, so I didn’t take a picture (or honestly, I just already put them in the washing machine without thinking about it).
I’m still holding out buying new sets, because we’re going to do up our bedroom next year and I want sheets, curtains and wallpaper that go together. But these pillowcases are wearing so thin that they’re not going to last. In my stash I found a single bed sized duvet cover, looks basically new. I think an old roommate left it but we don’t own a single bed. So I’m glad I’ve found a new purpose for it!
One duvet cover, the top was wearing thin and frayed. So I sewed the opening at the bottom closed and opened up the top. I cut away the fraying and hemmed it again. We can use it upside down now!
I found an as good as new singled bed sized duvet cover in my stash, we don’t have a single bed anymore. So I ripped open the seams and used one side of the duvet cover to make three new pillowcases. That tiny scrap in the left hand corner is all that was left over!
Couldn’t sleep due to a congested nose and a persistent cough. So instead of staring into nothing in the dark and disturbing my husband’s sleep, I came back here (my office and LC). Decided to tackle a couple of bras that went from supportive to stabby, that were waiting by my desk for ages.I stabbed them back with a needle and a bit of thread, and I hopefully have these two bras back in service now.
Finally had the serger out & threaded with the right colour to fix a tiny hole in the side of a work cardi. It’s been there for about 3 years, took less than 15 seconds to stitch up . What’s that all about?