More Mending

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You remember my second waistcoat from (rapid typing) four years ago?

The author sits indoors at a wooden desk, with a wooden cabinet behind her. She's photographed from neck to thighs. She is wearing a black waistcoat with a pale pink shirt and turquoise pants. The waistcoat has a small-scale grey swirl pattern on it, and patch pockets with flaps. In her lap is a hardcover book, and on the desk are more books, a jar of pencils, and a wooden horse sculpture.

Yeah, this one. I put patch pockets on it, because my sewing skills were not up to welt pockets at the time. However, four years later, I am not a fan of the patch pockets anymore.

The black-and-grey-swirly waistcoat is laid flat on a wooden surface, with a pair of fabric shears next to it. A welt pocket is partially assembled on the front panel that is visible. The visible parts of the pocket are the lining, which is plain black.

Therefore, I gathered all my bravery and put welt pockets in.

The author stands outside in front of a hedge, photographed from neck to thighs. She's wearing the black-grey-swirly waistcoat with a pink shirt and dark green pants. The waistcoat now has welt pockets, which are quite hard to spot with the grey swirly pattern. Her hands are held behind her back.

Yay! The pattern of the fabric makes them really subtle, I swear they are there! Unfortunately, you can see where the patch pockets have (not) faded. It’s annoying, but not too obvious (I hope).

Close-up of one of the welt pockets on the waistcoat, as the author wears it. She has one of her hands partially in the pocket, to illustrate its presence.

Okay, the second repair for this post is these little rips in one of my op shop shirts.

Close-up of the sleeve of a black shirt with irregular tan and white stripes. Near the base of the sleeve placket are two small rips in the fabric. The author's hand is holding the rips closer to the camera.

Can you see them? They look a little like buttonholes. I considered making them decorative buttonholes, but this is a winter shirt, so I need fewer holes.

Close-up of the interior of the sleeve where the rips were. A small rectangle of tan cotton has been stitched to the shirt, and there are lines of large-ish running stitches in the panel, doen in yellow thread.

Instead, I decided on a patch on the inside….

The outside of the mended sleeve of the black-white-tan-striped shirt. Near the base of the sleeve placket is a small rectangle of fairly consistent running stitches, done in yellow thread.

….reinforced externally with some running stitches. I did my best to match the thread colour to the tan/gold stripes. Now I can’t wait to wear this shirt once it gets cold – I want to show off my mend!

Have you mended anything recently?

Anyways, see ya!

Yves

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Lover of all things tiny, model horse collector, reader and crafter for life!

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