Giving new life to old clothes – making them last just that bit longer – either old faves or new clothes too good to give up on – here are some super creative mending ideas to stretch out the life of your clothing.
Tutorials
- From our Guest blogger series: Stain covering appliqué
- Creative mending of jeans – love these
- How to replace a coat lining
- Mending solutions from Martha Stewart
- Using reverse applique to mend holes
- Creative applique to darn holey jumpers
- Extend the life of kids clothes once they grow out of them
- Cute jeans pocket patches
- Patching a hat
- Creative elbow patches
- How to darn
- Creatively patching jeans
- How to darn socks
- Patchwork jeans
- Creatively stitching repairs
Articles and resources
- Read this article on frugal sewing
- Clock in to Wardrobe refashion for more ideas
- The brown dress project is a great story in frugal living
- How to downsize and declutter your wardrobe + less is more
- Saving your clothes
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i see my knees!
My mending pile is soooo high………
This is a great idea!!
Now i will definitely fix my fav jeans!!
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