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a little bicycle mending

By On September 12, 2009 · 6 Comments

This summer we bought our daughter a cute bike from our neighbor’s garage sale. My husband is planning to take the pedals off and make it a balance bike. My job was to mend the handle bar cover, which was torn.

Using my trusty seam ripper, I picked out the hem and removed the [...]

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little bits

By On June 6, 2009 · Leave a Comment

I’ve been having more fun with college sweatshirts.

I’ve been playing around with men’s dress shirts.

I tried mending a nylon jersey decal. Not easy.

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how to refashion an ’80s sweater in five easy steps

By On March 11, 2009 · 7 Comments

UPDATE: Thanks to the Craft Magazine blog for their link to my tutorial!

March is Mending Month over at Craftzine. I’ve been doing a lot of mending lately. I keep a bag next to my desk for whenever I have a little time for sewing a button or fixing a hem. Mending is [...]

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