Mending? How many of you mend your clothes rather than chuck them out?

I do! I cannot tolerate waste. The mending workshop is a great idea. The Bible tells us that us old ladies are to teach the young ones. I have thought about having this in my church. I think a lot of the men will come too. Maybe it will start something ... perhaps the men will do a tire changing workshop (all of us need that).

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I did a lot of mending when my children were small and still do a little but it has to be by hand as I've given away my sewing machine. I cannot see well enough to use it now. What I call mending/repairing these days usually consists of putting back a button which has fallen off or repairing a small opening in a seam. If a hem is coming down I'll fix that also. Anything more major than those I will remove any buttons and bag up the garment for a charity shop which can get money for old clothes once they have a bin bag full of them. I place the buttons in a small ziplock bag and give them to the charity shop.

I don't know anyone who still mends clothes. That fell out of a housewives rout-

ine back in the 60's. Mom started cutting off buttons and sent the item to the rag

bin. They were then used as cleaning rags from then on.

I did some mending when my children were small. But after that, I chucked them

as I never got around to the mending, with two small children to keep tabs on. And

now that I'm older, and wiser, I chuck them since I can't see well enough to do

any detailed work like mending requires to stitch something together nice. Buying

new or nearly new clothes from thrift stores, finally brought a complete end to my

needing to patch things. It's easier to just replace things as needed.

If it's something I really like I try to fix it. I don't spend a lot on clothes, though, so most of the time I pitch the broken or stained item. I don't think a clothes mending workshop would work. There are several knitting groups in my area. I don't knit, though.

My husband has a thing about not shopping for himself so much and so I do it for him, mostly. He likes a pair of jeans or shorts and when they rip he'll hand them to me to mend. I do it gladly, but I think that by the time they rip they don't look so great anymore. So, why not go and get a new pair? I remember the days where I would mend socks. They were made stronger and better and so they were worth mending. I'm also going to get a sewing machine and start doing that again.

I mend seams which seem to be not sew very well to begin with. But I no longer complain since I found out that most clothes are put together by people who do not get paid good salaries and who must turn out a quota each day.

Yep, I've always mended my clothes, and still make some of them from scratch. I'm amazed to know that some people throw out clothing that just has a small tear, or a broken zipper. Good luck with your group !

I do some mending, mostly because we like our old clothes. My husband is rather fond of his flannel shirts and pajamas, our daughter likes her T-shirts and will wear them as is if I don't mend them, and I'm comfortable in my patched and mended clothes, too. So, I sew on buttons, restitch seams, and sew up small tears as needed. We do have some good clothes, we just like the comfy old tattered and worn ones better. I do a pretty good job with the mending, if I do say so myself.

not interested in doing it as a group but yes I do mend my clothes and then wear them around the house even though I have lots of new clothes. Since for many years I sewed my own clothes (everything from purses to coats, to suits, scarves, hats, dresses, etc.) I know how to fix and mend. I took a course for knitting many years ago but am not interested in that now. Everything you buy today is costly (like yarn, yard goods, and lunch).

It depend on the the article of clothing. If it's something I really like, I'll mend it and keep wearing it as long as I can. If it's something I never really cared much for I'll toss it. Of course, as Murphy's Law will dictate, it's always the items I don't like that seem to last forever.