In the midst of vaccinations hangover (so tired from flu and Covid vaccines) I felt like mending so I went through my little pile that needed the sewing machine, which is pictured here. I ripped the hem on my pajama bottoms, an arm seam burst on a t-shirt, my husband busted the armpit on a t-shirt, and a seam on my tiered skirt started to separate.
Fun fact: even my heart is zero waste and other influenced. I learned to sew to be able to mend donations to the clothing closet I used to run for the unhoused and low income in Austin. I was inspired by a large warm pink blanket with a massive hole. Fixed it up with hot pink thread and you couldn’t even tell afterwards.
If you purchase or acquire (hand-me-downs, Buy Nothing, etc.) clothes that are made from natural fibers and made well, it can be fairly easy to maintain them. Hemming, closing holes, shortening, adding patches, embroidery floss, there are a lot of DIY or small business opportunities you can find to maintain a smaller closet, more loved items, and reduce the amount of fast fashion and polyester/synthetic fibers, that are sent to the landfill.
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