It looks like just a pile of folded washing up there right? Well wrong - it's 90% of my mending basket all mended! It's such a great relief to have it all done, especially those pink woollen tights. They were a present for miss E around two Winter's ago. She has worn and worn and worn them, and not surprisingly they had holes in the knees - big holes. I had tried to say that she had grown out of them and now that they were "holey" that it was time to let them go. But no. I wasn't sure how I was going to fix them, so they sat, along with other mending projects cluttering up a corner of my bedroom. Then when I was sorting out some doileys I had an idea. I reverse appliqued them, then cut away the ripped holes to reveal the doileys. It seems that they might now be better than the original tights and I think I saw her looking for other tights to make holes in!
well done you! i have a big mending pile too. but i could never mend something as cool as those tights- i LOVE that idea- lucky miss e.
ReplyDeleteI need tights like that! They are stunning!
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ReplyDeleteI think that is such a GREAT idea Louana ! ! They look fantastic - makes me feel like making holes in my old tights and sewing on doilies. Looks much nicer on a younger miss tho :-) Good on you for getting thru your mending pile - mine is beckoning me too. Julie Xox
ReplyDeleteFor one pair of my jeans that had holes in the knees, I patched them by adding some fake fur to the inside of them, leaving the frayed edges of the denim. They certainly got me a lot of positive comments.
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