Iāve been after one too.
DS1 uses this cat keyring for his locker key. The cord between the cat and the chain snapped, so I replaced it with a bit of ribbon. I expect to be replacing it again soon! I gave lots of bits of ribbon like this, in a variety of colours, so the isnāt a problem 
he wanted a bow too!
Nice mending jobs, everyone! Seems like we all repaired at least one thing instead of getting new or throwing outā¦it is a start!
@Annchen I am also bad at tiny holes in socks and just tossing them outā¦I am going to make a better effort at fixing these tiny holes when the rest of the sock is still goodā¦how fun to have a pair of white socks with lots of purposeful mends.
@GMPNQ awwwā¦your kids will grow up respecting their things and taking care of them! If ribbon doesnāt hold for your son, maybe braided embroidery thread? I have been using bits of that to make zipper pulls and it seems pretty strong.
I got a blouse at the thrift store, then discovered a couple of ink dots on it. I used same color floss to embroider tiny lazy daisy stitch flowers over the ink and a few more places. It was adorable!
Then I decided the blouse didnāt work for me, and I threw it away. Just kidding, I donated it back to the thrift store.
I often seem to buy blouses that are too brightly colored, and I donāt wear them. I pulled five such out of my closet the other day, and tossed them in the washer, put bleach in the bleach dispenser, and started the washer.
I was horrified when the washer immediately dribbled the bleach onto the dry clothes, then tumbled them for a bit before adding water.
So now I have five bright blouses with irregular white blotches and streaks.
On the positive side, now I have more room in my closet.
Had a giggle over the white splodges on the colourful blouses!
Maybe do it again but wait until machine starts filling then add the bleach straight into the water?
Iāve decided I need to pull my mending pile out of the shadows and into the main living area if any mending is to be done. I just donāt think of it in the evenings so having it in an attractive basket or something out in the open might help. We shall seeā¦
This is what I need to do too.
I tend to put it out of sight, but that also brings it out of mind.
Exactly. And then it just grows and grows and things get buried. If I liked it enough to put it in the mending pile rather than repurpose the fabric then I shouldnāt leave it languishing, forget whatever happened to it and going to buy a replacement only to bump into it when the pile gets knocked overā¦ or so Iāve heard. 
I had to do an emergency mend on a play princess dress last night, haha. An impatient 2-year old makes pictures tricky, though. 
I, too, need to put my mending pile in a visible place. It doesnāt help that I just keep wearing my hole-y pants.
I have a bamboo cutting board that is cracked and missing a piece, but Iām not sure how to fix. Mr. Road says itās not worth itā¦but this thread makes me want to save it somehow!
Perhaps it wonāt work any more as a cutting board, but that doesnāt mean it canāt become something else. Maybe you could decorate it and use it as a serving platter, for example. Or even just use it as a trivet.
ohāI saved my bamboo cutting board! About a year ago, it cracked and gunk was always getting in itā¦I cleaned it, bleached it, and then let it dry for a few daysā¦to be sure, I took my hair dryer to it. I used wood filler, sanded it down, and then got a food safe poly from Lowesā¦I regularly use a food safe mineral oil on it to keep the rest from crackingā¦
Great idea! Itās one of those little onesā¦hmā¦
Youāre awesome. This is what Mr. Road was thinking wasnāt worth it. I think the poly would probably cost more than I paid for the silly thing. I clearly didnāt take such good care of it to begin withā¦I have to be more diligent with my larger wooden cutting board.
yeahā¦part of mending and repairing is also about the cost benefitā¦I had the poly left from another project, but they do sell small things for about $10ā¦if you have an outdoor fire pit, at least you can send it back to natureā¦
I also have wooden surfaces on other kitchen thingsā¦the mineral oil spray is worth doing once a month to maintain itā¦my other bamboo cutting board is going on 5 years nowā¦
Hahahaā¦good point!
I will have to get some food safe mineral oil spray. Looks like I should be treating my wooden spoons, too. Maintain!
A lot of my ex-kitchen things end up either in my kidās play kitchen or getting set aside for slightly less food-safe uses.
I have a mineral oil & beeswax blend that I love for kitchen thingsā¦ itās Wooden Spoon Oil from a small business crafter we see at some of the local fairs, but you could probably make your own pretty easily too.
This is a great idea, too! I have been wanting to do one of those refurbished kid kitchensā¦
Thanks for oil/beeswax linkā¦wow, his work is beautiful! We arenāt too, too far from PAā¦actually, my BIL went to Kutztown for a semester!
Tricky mend in progress. I could just darn the hole, but I want to try to duplicate stitch it despite the fact that there are more than one yarn break and multiple rows/columns affected. Made even trickier since my sholder is just NOPE not cooperating at the moment.
Look forward to seeing how it comes up!
Yes, and another part of the repair/replace calculation is the fact that if you replace it the old one will go into the landfill, plus the packaging that the new one will come in, and maybe a shipping box too. But if you repair the old one, there is nothing going into the garbage.
Incidentally, Abbeeroad, bamboo can be difficult to glue - itās naturally water-repellant, so nothing sticks to it very well. The best choice seems to be a urethane adhesive like Gorilla Glue. And clamp it together very tightly while it sets, because urethane glues expand and will force the pieces even further apart.
Good to know! I was thinking of using glue to transform it into something else. Now Iāll get less frustrated if it doesnāt work!
Guess what I did today?
Easy peasy mend, comfy pillow, so naturally itās been sitting in my craft room with the tiny hole pinned shut for years.
Well, I fixed it today!
