Mending …

Do people mend these days or are clothing items so cheap that they just toss them?

I spoke to someone recently and she said she never mends. As soon as there is a little hole or tear they are out into the rubbish. She said there is not point passing them onto goodwill as they are damaged. This is a valid point as many charities (not necessarily here in Oman) do discard any clothing that has holes etc but that is mostly because they are sold to the public in charity shops.

I could not help but think what a pity and waste given that clothing does tend to rip and tear pretty easily these days and with the hard water here I don’t think that helps. What if there was a group of ladies who were prepared to mend the clothing????

No I am not about to embark on another project. But I will make an effort to try and mend any clothing we have here before it gets beyond repair.

Sami came home last week with a nice big rip in the front of his jeans near the knee. I zigzagged them but it looked unsightly so I dug into my “I can’t throw anything out” box and found these two appliqués I had embroidered onto a baby blanket of his. I cut them out and stitched them onto the jeans.

What do you think? Still passable for nursery school?

I still have a pair of pants to hem, and two pairs of wear-around-the-house pants to mend due to rips (one occurred yesterday when I tripped over a bike while running out onto the road to catch my runaway toddler …sigh).

Thanks for stopping by …