Ha!
This is the second go around for these, too. She came in the other day, “Mum, my patch needs a patch!”
There we go, back in rotation:
Oh that’s impressive! Very sustainable as well as a big money-saver. And you’re setting a great example, too. Repairing is the norm, not throwing something away.
While unpacking, I found back a coat with a broken zipper. My friend has a clothing repair business and I let her replace it. I paid €5,50 which is her commercial price (which honestly is a steal) and now I can wear it again!
Honestly, this coat also needs replacing, but I recently recycled two coats (completely worn-out) and it’s almost summer, so I’m probably not going to need a coat very often in the next couple of months. I’m going to buy a new coat in the fall. But in the Netherlands you can have four seasons in a week and you can’t go without a coat during summer. So this one will do for now.
That is a bargain for replacing a zip, what a great friend to have - it’s definitely not my favourite repair job to do!
I’m not sure I used the right words, now I read this again. She replaced the thing that moves up and down, not the whole zipper.
That still requires some zipper surgery involving multiple pairs of pliers so I’m glad my friend did it and not me.
I buy zippers in rolls. The zipper pulls come separately so you can mix and match as you please. You can even make one side of the zipper one color and the other side a different one! Putting on those pulls is a royal pain in the butt! The YouTube videos make it look so simple. I have figured out the best way and have written down the instructions so that when I send some to others, they don’t have to go through the frustration…and yet, it is still so frustrating!! I would gladly pay someone to do it for me!!!
My friend’s favourite bag strap has worn through, he asked if I could repair or replace it. The strap has to be the same width / length because this is what he likes about this bag.
It was originally a grey / blue colour (like the writing) and initially I was going to replace with denim. But I remembered I had this yellow piece already cut and interfaced from another project that went wrong. He likes yellow, I don’t, so not only a mend but a small destash! And kudos points might turn into wine!!!
Ah, I see - but I agree with @AIMR, getting the pull on can be such a pain! Worth it to have your friend’s skills 
That’s a cool mend @Renstar!
Nice save! I like the yellow - it’s very cheerful!
My keys tried to escape through this hole in the bottom of the bag 
I’m not sure what happened, but there were a bunch of live stitches. I guess the most probable cause is I loaded the bag too heavy at some point and the start came undone.
To make sure it would hold up I used a cotton yarn in a similar colour and captured the live stitches. I pulled the hole shut and ran the yarn one more time through the stitches before tying a few knots and weaving in the ends. Looks good despite a helpful kitty attacking the yarn end…
Nice repair…and totally invisible and yet sturdier!
The hole was in the best possible place for an invisible repair! I’m pleased that I mended it at once and didn’t put it in the mending pile. I guess it helped that I didn’t have to do much figuring out and could just start.
I had a tiny hole in my dress, but decided to have some fun with it while mending so I made it a bit bigger.
That’s so cool!!
Such a clever and unique repair!
I darned the seat of a very well-loved pair of denim capris. The fabric was way more threadbare than I had realized. So glad I didn’t have a wardrobe malfunction the last time I wore them!
They are so soft at that stage, but oh so “dangerous” 
. I had a pair of wide legged denim trousers that I LOVED until they split on me one day. Fortunately, I had not left the house.
I actually did a mend last week during a teams meeting… Noticed a hole in my wool shawl, rolled my chair back so I could get the correct colour yarn from the shelf, and then fixed it 
Not with camera on…
Sometimes it’s good that my craft room doubles as work room.
