Do I have before pictures? Nope. I have a, "Oh oops I don't have any before of this do I?"
I went ahead and asked if the guy I got these from still has the repaired jeans. He said he's pretty sure he doesn't, but he'll look in his storage some time.
He told me if he'd realized back then how much I could patch up something, then he'd have asked me to fix them instead. I told him, playfully, that I was glad because it has lasted a long time as a bag. We did some back and forth nonsense before I sat down to do this yellow section.
It's doing that thing my handwriting does on unlined paper. Slowly and casually curving the longer it goes on.
2024 DIY Wrap-Ups (that is two months tardy, I apologize...)
AKA What i did with my Cheezy fingers(see username for a hint)
Knotted over 40 reversible keychains for my co-workers in retail. (i started in August and finished them by the Week of December 25)
Mended massive hole in the knees of two pairs of pants. (One repaired with blue yarn and did quite the numbers on Reddit. one paired by machine)
Sewn a drawstring backpack made from thrifted t-shirts (my first time working with fusible interfacing)
Mended the crotch of one pair of flannel pants
a fantastic tri-fold poster about the horrors of the fast fashion industry (and what can we do to fix it). (for my college class) Including my own examples of mended pants. and an infographic from National Geographic
Knitted a mini Triceratops. (pattern courtesy of Mochimochiland)
Mended a pair of mens pants that were literally going to be thrown out on a mission trip in Wisconsin and they fit me perfectly. (first time using Quilting thread to Build fabric from massive hole near the pockets)
assembled another trash mosaic from beach plastic for the local summer art competition (not a winner for the year. but still it's hanging proudly in my home. and my first time working with a framed piece. Screwing wood panel onto a picture frame.)
Sewn my personal T shirt blankets for my full sized bed(made from old camp Shirts, choir shirts and lots of tie dye)(using an overlock machine and a walking foot attachment for my regular machine)
Sewn my mom's T shirt throw blanket using thrifted t shirts and the scraps from those t-shirts that created a mosaic-like pattern in the center. (see number 9 for tool i used to make them)
Sewn three pairs of pocket extenders for my jeans. by Machine
re-dyed my bleach stained hoodie (which was my first time dying synthetic fabric)
knitting the ten stitch spiral blanket that is rust and blue in color. (not finished, but restarted two times due to not liking the vibe)
crocheted plarn sleeping matt number 16. (from grocery bags. about 500-700 bags to equal one mat)
Mended 4 pairs of thigh/crotch area of jeans.
Removing iron on graphics from a cool tote bag (using acetone)
FUCK I accidentally got the wrong kind of thread. Anyone know if you can use button&craft thread to hem a dress? Sewing machine capabilities aren’t an issue, I’m doing this entirely by hand
