Mending pile... do you mend?

[WiddlinDiddlin]

Apparently I am odd for mending things - currently sat sewing up DP's jeans he has managed to rip in mysterious circumstances... all I got was 'I dunno'... they just exploded off him. Mentioned it to a friend on the phone and she thinks its odd, no one does that these days!

Anyway, do you mend stuff, am I odd for mending things, having a pile of mending to work through, saving bits of fabric for mending things?

(Before anyone leaps in, he can mend things, I offered because he was busy doing stuff I can't do.)

Also take things to cobblers as standard.

I once took two pairs of boots to the cobblers. They lost one pair for six weeks and told me the other pair were unrepairable.

I wasn’t impressed by that cobbler, I'm sure there are great ones.

When jeans etc start to split just above the knee from kneeling down gardening I do tend to sew that up to stop it going further so I can still wear them in the garden. Some of my gardening jeans then get relegated to shorts when there are more repairs than the original.

I’m 35, taught by my mum, she was taught by her mum and dad (tailor). My DD and DS are small but already learning by osmosis I think!! DD likes to help me sew.

Yes I love sitting working through my pile. Usually loose/missing buttons, curtains to take up, dog's soft toys to perform surgery on and I sew little loops of old shoelaces onto my microfiber cloths so I can hang them on hooks.

I stitched a beautiful garland of stuffed felt jungle animals whilst in hospital waiting for my c-section, modified and adapted a big fluffy pram muff to fit my pram and I make Christmas pompom decorations if I get the time 😊

Yes, I do a lot of sewing and I’m always mending or altering things. Got a bag of fabric scraps and a button box, and I salvage buttons, zips and elastic from clothes that are worn out. Can mend costume jewellery too, made a bit of money during lockdown fixing things for neighbours.

I hate throwing away anything fixable and have a lot of vintage clothes that I’ve repaired. Recently got to work on a beautiful 60s coat. Sleeves were frayed but needed some shortening anyway, some seams needed fixed as did lining, and it needed new pockets. As good as new!

We have an excellent and very cheerful cobbler nearby too and I’m a regular customer.

Yes, I do. I'm not very good at it but I patch knees with Pokemon patches (very popular with my kids) and sew up small holes in joggers/school trousers/jumpers etc. I sew on cub/scout badges and replace buttons. My mum (who is properly good at sewing and made my clothes when I was little) tried to teach me but I didn't pay much attention. I wish I had because I enjoy doing the mending now and would like to be better at it!

Yes I mend, socks probably not, only ones I mend are the merino wool ones because they are so warm and were expensive. I sew seams and buttons small tears in knit wear if I can get away with it looking good again.

I also patch the inner thigh areas of jeans and my husband's trousers - I'm very messy but those parts aren't visible and I hate throwing even cheap clothes away if they can be repaired.

Yeah i mend.
I can invisible mend 😇

I mend toys that have ripped seams.

I mend youngest DDs school tights A LOT.

I'll mend jeans which go at the crotch (once), then bin.

I mend DHs ripped work trouser pockets (builder).

I've mended a windbreak and re elasticated a garden chair this summer.

I will replace a button.

Learned from DM.
Have i passed it on? Well the DCs have witnessed it all so ...

I replace zips and buttons or sew up split seams but couldn't be bothered with much more than that unless it was something I really loved.

Always. I’ve been sewing since I was 10 and find hand mending quite therapeutic if I’m in the mood.
I buy decent quality shoes and boots (awkward shaped feet🙄) so they’re always worth having soled and heeled.
I almost miss sewing name tags into school uniforms!

I have an alterations pile and I mend wool tights because they are expensive and often get holes at the toes.
I don't think I mend much else apart from sewing the odd button or stitching a whole in a pocket - these don't go in the pile, I do them as soon ad needed.

My alterations pile grows and grows and once a year a go through it. Love it! Some are complex for my abilities and I do it by hand. It's my own project and I get lost in it when I find the time.

Yes, I mend, always have done. I find sewing really relaxing. My grandmother taught me how to do it and it's a real skill.

No, I don’t mend things. What a waste of time and who really wants mended things anyway when you can just buy brand new?

If it breaks/gets a hole/develops a rip/has a chip… just chuck it and get a new one.

Yup, me! i have quite a good sized pile at the moment, save it all for winter sofa time!

God, no. I can't even thread a needle - ha ha!

No - my mum couldn't sew so she never taught me
I can do enough to stitch up my cats fave toy but that's about it! I can knit a little bit

I have tonight mended two holey sweaters belonging to DD1. She moved out 10 years ago!

Yes.

I sometimes see patches onto knees.
Buttons.

Also any badges onto uniforms- brownies.

I also fix any sort toys that may small rips.

Soft toy

@NorthernSoul55, in this case they would have to come from the other end of the country! (And in that case I wouldn't be able to unpick and pin to get the best fit.) There's no emoji for an empty nest it there? 👀

I don't have a mending pile as such, I enjoy sewing so much I mend when needed.

I own a darning mushroom too and love darning socks.

Visible mending is having a moment if you want to Google it for inspiration.

It's great to have mending skills to prolong the life of clothes. Mending may not be fashionable but it doesn't seem odd to me, being wasteful is far weirder.

My mending pile goes in the ironing pile which is sent round to my mums. She sends it all back and puts notes on the hangers saying things like 'I have had the tear on my sleeve sewn up' 🙈

I am totally useless when it comes to mending clothes, I can't even sew a button on neatly, it's embarrassing really.

How are people so careless with clothes that they end up with a pile of mending?

I med clothes that can be mended, otherwise they get used as rags. I don't have a lot of mending because I don't tear my clothes in the first place. And I have stuff that is years old.

A button, a tear along a seam, a dropped hem, the odd patch- yes.

I don’t darn and I won’t touch zippers. Zippers are very difficult to replace once a garment is finished.