Pretend with me, for a moment, that mid-July counts as mid-year….
Anyways, the first mend I’ve done recently is this padded coathanger. The main problem here is that the foam on the inside is far too old to pad anything.
Additionally, that pale blue fabric is polyester. I stripped all of that away, and made new end covers with some cotton sateen I had spare, then stuffed them with some of my abundant fleece scraps.
Much better! The fleece shouldn’t collapse over time like the foam, so this will (hopefully) last a long time.
Second mend is this summer shirt I drafted – it has developed holes in the underarms.
I did anticipate this when making the shirt, and put patches on the insides of the armholes, so I just needed to add them to the outside as well.
And finally, these linen pants of mine have developed a hole in one of the pockets.
I’ve done this repair in this place for most of my other pairs of pants, making it a little fun each time.
For this pair, I added a kite! This fabric is woven with navy one way and white the other to give the grey-blue effect, so I thought picking those colours out wouldn’t look too out of place. And, kites make you think of soaring blue summer skies….
Anyways, see ya!
Yves
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