 Three weeks ago, I adopted a dog. I've been pretty obsessed with dogs my whole life, begging for one for years. I always dogsat for the neighborhood, but never was I allowed to have my own dog. Well, I live on my own now and have been saving for a dog, and when I saw a local rescue post the cutest video and photos of Roxy, what they guessed was a chihuahua-corgi mix, I sent in an application! I got to meet her a week later and brought her home.
Visible Mending - How to Mend Your Clothes While Self-Isolating Series: 5 Easy Stitch Fixes5/28/2020  Visible mending is a trend and technique that can be applied to most anything and is only limited by your imagination. You can use it in place of darning small holes on t-shirts, like I did, or even to repair jeans! I like to use embroidery thread for this as it stands out well against your garment.
Darning a Sock - How to Mend Your Clothes While Self-Isolating Series: 5 Easy Stitch Fixes5/21/2020 I think this is the scariest repair featured in this guide, but also the most useful. How many times have you worn through a heal in your sock? I have a whole bunch of hiking socks with holes right where my boots would rub at the base of my ankle. Here I’ll darn a sock that I had originally thought would be added to my “too far gone…figure out textile recycling eventually” pile.
Reattaching a Strap - How to Mend Your Clothes While Self-Isolating Series: 5 Easy Stitch Fixes5/14/2020 Ever have one of those moments where your dress strap breaks? I had it happen with a jumpsuit once with no safety pins in sight. I used a hair-tie to attempt to hold my jumpsuit up during a night of dancing at a club while I was out with friends in India. Sometimes fixing a strap is as easy as hand or machine sewing a few stitches back and forth, but in this case, my friend’s dress lost a small piece of fabric that had attached the strap to the back of the dress, so I’ll have to improvise a solution. Don’t be afraid to get crafty!
Fixing a hem is a great skill to have, whether you're just trying to mend a garment or if you're looking to alter its length to fit you better! It's also pretty simple…so…you've got this!!
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