Comments on: MENDING

By: Diana from San Francisco

Diana from San Francisco — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:45:20 +0000

There is nothing more satisfying to me than mending. Repairing something broken, polishing and cleaning a beloved pair of shoes, fixing a seam, or darning socks.

By: marci

marci — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 18:10:33 +0000

Some of the best things i have were thrown away because they had to be mended. There is nothing more satisfying for me then repairing a sweater or pair of pants.

By: Valerie Mourat

Valerie Mourat — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:09:15 +0000

I married into a French farming family, where mending teatowels, sheets and every piece of clothing is part of the life style. My 96 years old MIL still patches tea towels dating from a century ago. I have linen ( with my initials,) dating back to the trousseau of her great -grandfather.. There’s a lot to learn from these frugal habits.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 01:23:44 +0000

There is a scene in the film Hideous Kinky where Bilal mends a hole in Lucy’s pant leg by embroidering a beautiful bird over it. I always loved that moment. I had been taught to patch, but this was something else. It was not merely fixing, but creating beauty and I found that to be so inspiring.

By: Rose

Rose — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:59:56 +0000

I recently did something similar to a chair. I made a slipcover for the chair years ago, and the slipcover has become worn thin in a few spots. Rather than make a whole new cover (who has time for that with kids running around?) I just patched the holes and now I somehow love the chair even more. I know exactly how you feel!

By: Sonia

Sonia — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:41:53 +0000

mending has almost become a lost art, that’s quite sad indeed. No later than a couple of hours ago, I mended a pair of leggins. Mending is like the marks we have on our body, in my opinion. It holds a story we need to remember.
The mending on this towel is absolutely beautiful and adorable !

By: britt

britt — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:59:30 +0000

awesome! i love worn things made new so that they can be loved some more.

By: ela

ela — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:47:43 +0000

when much of the South is remembering the Dust Bowl let us
remember mending
what was the genesis of the knotted necklace? wonderful

By: amisha

amisha — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:47:32 +0000

this is a beautiful and inspiring post. i vividly remember visiting my grandmother in india when my umbrella broke. i suggested going out and getting a new one; she reminded me that in her city, you don’t throw out an old umbrella– you take it to the umbrella repairman. now when i mend a hole in a sweater, i remember that those marks of mending are part of the history of my relationship to the object– not something to be hidden, but celebrated. the decorative mending that olivia did is just perfect.