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Many of the mending skills and projects I share are common ones that lots of people have to deal with, but mending holes in a tea towel is probably not one of those. Still, when I was folding laundry the other day and noticed this flour sack style towel had a few holes (not to […]
There are lots of different ways that jeans might need mending, but need to mend jeans with a hole by the pocket is probably something that will come up in your mending career. The fix is similar to other mending jeans projects you might do, but it’s important to take the time to reinforce the […]
Someday I will learn to keep my napkin in my lap when I eat, but in the meantime it’s given me lots of practice for how to remove grease stains from clothing! Materials What you will need to remove a grease stain or an oil stain will depend a bit on how long the stain […]
The headline kind of gives away the whole thing on this one, but let’s talk about how to mend a sock hole with an old T-shirt and why you might want to. Never-Ending Mending I’ve written about these socks before in my post on how to darn a sock, which focused chiefly on sock toes. […]
My daughter is skilled enough that most of the crafting she needs for her Halloween costumes she can do herself, but I wanted to make a felt bag to coordinate with her outfit and give her a cute candy bag if she needed it. Her school does a Halloween concert so she was also able […]
Whether you’re new to sewing or trying to be more economical (and eco-friendly!) with your sewing projects, using sheets as fabric is a great option, so let’s talk about how to take apart a fitted sheet to use the fabric. Using Sheets as Fabric There are a lot of great reasons to use sheets as […]
I have a bunch of tank tops that I wear as an underlayer instead of a bra, which got me thinking about how to turn a tank top into a bra top. This is a really simple clothing hack because all you’re doing is cropping the bottom of the tank top and adding elastic to […]