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I finally just bit the bullet and brought my 23 year old wool blend sweater to the drycleaners to ger her ready for some ling overdue mending. And in the meantime, another pair of fairy wings needed gluing:
Not a sexy project, but needing to be done none the less, :
This is a filter bag for my MIL’s pool filter machine. It’s one of those machines that rolls around the bottom of the pool and sucks up debris. When I was at her house a couple of weeks ago, she was commenting about purchasing a new one because the zipper that opens the collection area wouldn’t work anymore. I told her I would try to replace the zipper first.
As it turned out, I didn’t need to replace the zipper. There was some micro sized debris caught in the zipper pull and imbedded in the zipper. A little dishwashing soap cleared that. Then I noticed that the zipper pull slipped off the end. I put some messy but adequate stitches there, and voila, works good as new.
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Amazing how sometimes the littlest mend works! I am always shocked at how many people toss things that just need a few stitches or even some good glue!
I keep ripping this seam when taking this top off. It’s a combination of the seam being the least stretchy part of the knit garment, and me having to pull on the garment in weird ways because of the (lack of) range of motion in my shoulders.
New mend in light grey yarn, and an old one in white thread. After inspecting the seam I had to mend another tiny hole on the other side.
Good to go again! I love this garment to bits. It’s got a really weird fibre blend (viscose, lambs wool, polyamide, cotton, cashmere, angora, and also a silk trim just to go completely over the top), but it’s very comfy and cosy.
Another zipper repair for me this week. This time it’s my husband’s work backpack. This outer pocket is where he prefers to keep his wallet and keys. I thought I might have to replace the zipper, but after inspecting the area, I realized I could just stitch the zipper teeth back on to their cloth base. Yay for me. Only took me 10 min to complete. Now on to the next item.
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Not the prettiest of repairs, but enough to save this king size bottom sheet to see a few more nights!
This is toward the bottom of the sheet. I turned it to the top so it will be under the pillow. I have been pretty good at rotating my bottom sheet and the mattress pad to help them wear evenly, but, when sheets are 20 years old, this still happens. I sure got my money’s worth with this set, so I won’t feel badly about recycling the good parts for other things…or maybe even make a couple of extra pillowcases!
Grafting is magic… I’ve never tried weaving in ends from the right side like that. I usually just start with a few duplicate stitches, but ripping out a few more stitches to get ends to weave in makes sense!
Not sure if this is where I can ask a question or not, I’m not really a craft person but was hoping someone has dealt with the issue confronting me. I want to glue felt to a hard board. The problem is that the felt will be covered with pinback buttons and will be framed for a wall hanging There will be some weight involved with this project. Being a guy, tried to cut the felt oversized and used a lot of duct tape, which failed after a few months. I have Gorilla Glue and something called Suxun B-7000. I also have a cheap glue gun. Has anyone had any experience with such a project or have an idea which adhesive would work best? I appreciate any help you can provide to me.
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