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you know how techbro mottos are like, "move fast, break things?" my motto is "move slow, fix things"
Once a month, a group called the Edinburgh Street Stitchers takes to the streets, inviting people to #stitchitdontditchit.
They mend garments in public and teach passers-by mending skills.
Crafting community and awareness, they embrace the art of visible mending.
Saturday, 26 April 2025 2pm – 4pm
Loved clothes last longer! Join us for a social afternoon of basic mending and repairs, in association with Fashion Revolution and SF Climate Week.
Bring in your favorite yet damaged knits, jeans or jackets and let's give them a second life!
RSVP here: https://bookwhen.com/sequoiafabrica/e/ev-sgm2-20250426140000
Move slow and mend things.
#mending #democracy #sustainability
Continued thread
8-9h later (in 3 days) I’m done and satisfied with the patch of the main area.
I still want to go over the peeled-off seams with embroidery floss.
I really like the quilting effect that this cotton sateen has. I will need to think of a quilted jacket idea.
#mending
Move slow, mend things. Or treat day for my favorite pair of jeans.
Inner thigh holes are evil and a main reason to wear skirts instead.
I’ll also have to go over the inner thigh seams, but I’ll do that by hand. Later :,)
#makeShitMonday, #mending edition!
Our local caving grotto has a large canopy structure that we use for group camping events - as is common with shared equipment, it tends to be roughly handled, and the soft case that holds the poles and canvas for transport has come apart at the top seam.
It's pretty sturdy fabric, and well-constructed - the corner is joined by one seam, and there's a separate seam holding down some thin rubber tape that keeps the seam allowance from fraying. Fortunately that means the failure is the thread holding the pieces together, not the fabric itself...
It's a bit tedious to fix, since I'm trying to use existing holes rather than introduce new points of weakness. And I'm doing each seam as two lines of alternate running stitches, so if the threads break on one line, the other will hopefully hold it together enough for me to fix it more easily next time.
I got through both lines of the joining seam and one line of the edge-tape seam before I ran out of time (and patience) today. Should go a lot quicker tomorrow since the edges and tape are already lined up, so it'll just be a simple running stitch!
Clothing/fabric swap & repair workshops
April 12 at The Joinery, #adelaide #kaurnaYarta
Book here: https://events.humanitix.com/easter-clothes-and-fabric-swap-repair-workshop-adelaide?fbclid=PAY2xjawJkf01leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABpxmy7Gna8fxeZYDb5gQdxrFheWoBhpP8p7AVLbnR6BYYR5RxWh4juA9pkwog_aem_YLg5FL5_HSkDqn9tNAbIlg
#sustainability #event #sustainableFashion #repair #mending
Pues he terminado de cambiar la camisa de manga larga a manga corta con #LaMaquinaDeCoser en un ratillo. Cortar, planchar y coser. #Costura #Sewing #SecondLife #Mending(?)
Yesterday I replaced a zipper in my SO's backpack. I salvaged the zipper from an old footrest thingy that has given up. I could sew most of it with the machine but had to handsewn towards the ends. It's not pretty on the inside but it's looking almost normal on the outside and is fully functional. Much better than having to buy an entirely new backpack!
#mending #repair #zipper #RepairReuseRecycle
#Sewing & #Mending friends, I have a #question for you.
I have a top sheet with a ~25cm vertical tear inside the body of the sheet (i.e., it's landlocked).
I want to mend it in a good enough way. I'm **not going to sew it**, make it look pretty, etc. I just want to not stick my foot through it in the night.
Current best option: duct tape (which is probably not ideal).
Is there a fast, easy way to make a non-sewing fix? Like a fabric tape or something? 1/n
Loved clothes last longer! Join us for a social afternoon of basic mending and repairs, in association with Fashion Revolution and SF Climate Week.
Bring in your favorite yet damaged knits, jeans or jackets and let's give them a second life!
https://bookwhen.com/sequoiafabrica/e/ev-sgm2-20250426140000
bookwhen.comSewing: Mend in Public at Sequoia Fabrica 🪡 - Booking by Bookwhen
Dodon toimistolla kokoontuu maanantaisin ryhmä korjaamaan ja luomaan yhdessä! Käsityökerhossa keskitytään tekstiilien korjaukseen, mutta opitaan myös esimerkiksi luonnonvärjäystekniikoista. 
Tervetuloa mukaan, jos olet kiinnostunut huoltamaan tekstiilejä ja kaipaat ystävällistä yhteisöä korjailun ympärille! Ei paineita edistää käsitöitä ja korjailuja, seuraan voi liittyä myös kupposelle teetä.
Käsityökerhon aktiivit ovat mukana myös Pasilan Asukastalon laatikkoviljelmäprojektissa ja suunnittelevat värjäyskasvien kasvattamista niin siellä kuin Kääntöpöydällä.
Huom, ei Käsityökerhoa Pääsiäismaanantaina 21.4.!
Ma 7.4., 14.4., 28.4. jne. klo 17.00-20.00
Dodon toimisto, Veturitallinkuja 33, G-rappu, pohjakerros, Helsinki.
Huom, rakennustyömaan vuoksi Veturitallinkujalle pääsee vain Veturitietä pitkin etelästä, tarkemmat saapumisohjeet esteettömyystiedoissa, ks bio. (https://linktr.ee/dodo_org)
Kuvat käsityökerhon osallistujien töistä.
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There is a group of people meeting every Monday at Dodo's office to mend and create together! This group is mainly interested in textile mending, but will also learn, for example, about natural dying techniques.
Anyone who is interested in taking care of their textiles and joining a supporting and friendly community is welcome to join! There’s no pressure to further any project, you can also join for a cup of tea and company.
Some craft club members are also involved in the planter box project at the Pasila Residents' House and are planning to grow dyeing plants both there and at Turntable.
No Monday Craft Club on Mon 21st of April, Easter Monday!
Mon 7th, 14th and 28th of April and so on, at 17:00–20:00
Dodo’s office, Veturitallinkuja 33, G-entrance, ground floor, Helsinki.
Please note, due to a construction site, Veturitallinkuja can only be accessed from the south via Veturitie, for more detailed arrival instructions see the accessibility information linked in the bio. (https://linktr.ee/dodo_org)
Pictures: Works of participants of the Craft Club
#craftclub #upcycling #mending #käsityökerho
Tervetuloa mukaan, jos olet kiinnostunut huoltamaan tekstiilejä ja kaipaat ystävällistä yhteisöä korjailun ympärille! Ei paineita edistää käsitöitä ja korjailuja, seuraan voi liittyä myös kupposelle teetä.
Käsityökerhon aktiivit ovat mukana myös Pasilan Asukastalon laatikkoviljelmäprojektissa ja suunnittelevat värjäyskasvien kasvattamista niin siellä kuin Kääntöpöydällä.
Huom, ei Käsityökerhoa Pääsiäismaanantaina 21.4.!
Ma 7.4., 14.4., 28.4. jne. klo 17.00-20.00
Dodon toimisto, Veturitallinkuja 33, G-rappu, pohjakerros, Helsinki.
Huom, rakennustyömaan vuoksi Veturitallinkujalle pääsee vain Veturitietä pitkin etelästä, tarkemmat saapumisohjeet esteettömyystiedoissa, ks bio. (https://linktr.ee/dodo_org)
Kuvat käsityökerhon osallistujien töistä.
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There is a group of people meeting every Monday at Dodo's office to mend and create together! This group is mainly interested in textile mending, but will also learn, for example, about natural dying techniques.
Anyone who is interested in taking care of their textiles and joining a supporting and friendly community is welcome to join! There’s no pressure to further any project, you can also join for a cup of tea and company.
Some craft club members are also involved in the planter box project at the Pasila Residents' House and are planning to grow dyeing plants both there and at Turntable.
No Monday Craft Club on Mon 21st of April, Easter Monday!
Mon 7th, 14th and 28th of April and so on, at 17:00–20:00
Dodo’s office, Veturitallinkuja 33, G-entrance, ground floor, Helsinki.
Please note, due to a construction site, Veturitallinkuja can only be accessed from the south via Veturitie, for more detailed arrival instructions see the accessibility information linked in the bio. (https://linktr.ee/dodo_org)
Pictures: Works of participants of the Craft Club
#craftclub #upcycling #mending #käsityökerho
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Final update of the #hitomezashi #sashiko pattern I was making for this patch pocket. Now the next thing to do is actually making the patch pocket and attaching it.
Continued thread
given a new life
the warmth of an old blanket
filling the sock hole
(February's kigo, "blanket", is a 2-for-1. Here's the first...)
Commentary, wip photos, and ink palette used: https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/6085164
Haiku Ink series: https://humangray.com/haiku-ink-series
Used the leather from this old wallet to make a strop for sharpening knives. #Reuse #Mending #SolarPunk
Got some #mending done today after work; patched up an old swimsuit and used my #darning egg for the first time on a pair of socks. 
The second pair of socks was too threadbare to darn, so I cut out a piece of scrap fabric roughly the same shape as the sole and whip-stitched it on. It's not pretty, but it's functional. No pictures due to ugliness, but I plan to wear the latter pair of socks tomorrow and I will report back on how they felt/held up
Three pairs of pajamas mended to no longer have a "front door". Thank you to everyone for their suggestions on what stitch to use when I asked for advice here: https://dice.camp/@jendefer/114182340015748088
After reviewing some tutorials, I went with the ladder stitch recommended by @drehumdiebolzen, and it worked beautifully. It's pretty much invisible on the flannel, too.
Dice.campjendefer (@jendefer@dice.camp)Question for those who sew... I have some flannel pajama bottoms with an opening at the front that I want to close up. There is doubled-up cloth there, like where a zipper would go, but no zipper.
What type of stitch would you use to close this?
My mending is very un-trained and mostly visible sock darning or reattaching buttons. But this seems like there should be a proper stitch type to learn for sealing two overlapping flaps of cloth neatly.
#sewing #stitching #mending #diy
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@bammerlaan@pixey.org @sewing Further process pictures of the thrilling development of this #sashiko patch pocket. Doing this on the train to and from a Groningen concert turned out to be a good activity.
The back of #hitomezashi sashiko is supposed to look as neat as the front, with the excess thread tucked between two layers of fabric. I don't have two layers of fabric, but you'll only see the front, anyway. So 
