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I tried mending on a whim and this is who I am now (beehaw.org)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/diy@beehaw.org
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I'm grabbing every favourite piece of clothing I have around the house and mending it with a needle and thread

I'm not very good at it, but it's not terribly hard to close up broken seams good enough for some use. It sure as heck beats buying a new pair of jeans for $70 just because I somehow destroy the crotch every year

I'm finding this to be really satisfying and relatively easy to do. Certainly I can develop better stitching technique and use better tools and material, but it's easy enough to be good enough, or so it seems to me now

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[–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

Yeah stitching seams is surprisingly easy and has a rewarding feeling. I'm still using the same two shitty nylon grocery bags I got like 4 or 5 years ago, I only stitched the seams in a couple of places and they still do the job perfectly.

I also started stitching the holes on my underwear because who the fuck cares how your underwear look.

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