Mending-Yuck!
10-07-2016, 03:30 AM
#31
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A great idea for a patch. I don't mend anymore but I sure have in the past. I remember my DD asking me if I would fix her husband's shorts. She brought me about a dozen blue jean shorts and I had to take about 2 inches off to make them look good. What a job that turned out to be !
10-07-2016, 07:09 AM
#32
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Originally Posted by Tartan
He liked the pocket even though it is non functioning because it prolongs the life of his jeans. He said, " too bad it doesn't open as I could keep my cell phone in it". Ya, like your cell phone on your knee would be a good idea.
10-07-2016, 07:21 AM
#33
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Originally Posted by love2sew8085
I hate mending. A quilting friend of mine said to me that "to ask a quilter to mend clothes is like asking VanGough to paint your garage door". So true!!
10-17-2016, 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Feather3
I've replaced the leg fronts many times on my husbands work jeans. He always wore them out, above the knees, carrying heavy engine parts. I take old jeans, that have good back legs, rip out the leg seams & cut off the bad section of the fronts & sew in the back leg fabric. Whala new jeans.......
One mending job I dislike is changing stretched out stitch-down elastics at waistbands.
Last edited by GailG; 10-17-2016 at 10:00 PM.
10-18-2016, 01:03 PM
#38
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My friend has an alteration/sewing business and someone left off a pair of jeans to be repaired. Not sure what what they told her on the phone regarding repair, but jeans were "new style" with rips in the legs. She thought it odd they wanted them repaired, but she patched all the rips ! They had a good laugh over that.
10-18-2016, 04:56 PM
#40
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If he isn't happy maybe he would like one of these. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/331718328774932363/
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