Yup, that is all that I've been up to lately--mundane mending.
This afternoon was spent hemming up pants for a brother.
"It is just one pair," he said adding, "it will only take you five minutes by machine."
Insert eye roll.
It was more like over two hours of my time and as an extra pair of pants were thrown in. I don't know what I dislike more, the actual mending and alteration work or the fact that people don't seem to understand how much time it takes to do a good job.
Or maybe it is the fact that I seem to be doing mending and alterations for other peeps while my own pile is getting out of hand.
I need a project that is going to get my creative juices flowing again. I think it is time to ignore my own mending pile, pour a glass of wine and look through my pattern stash for some inspiration.
Happy Sewing!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Gift Sewing: OOP McCall's 7367
I thought my days of sewing vintage and out-of-print (OOP) McCall's 7367 were well behind me. All my friends are well past the days of ...

-
It's been awhile since I focused on mending and alterations. Things have been piling up and now that I'm switching over clothes to ...
-
There are a couple of versions of Butterick 6784 cut and ready to sew. This is my most recent version. Why so many? Butterick 6784 , de...
-
Cooler temperatures arrived this week as a reminder that autumn will soon be here. So, when it came to picking the next project from my cut...
-
T his is my dream-come-true dress. It's comfortable, has the best pockets and it's made in the most incredibly beautiful cashmere a...
-
Sewing, Alterations and Mending Dresses: Butterick 6784 and Style Arc Top / Jacket There was sewing this month! Woohoo! This was the best...
"if it is only going to take 5 minutes, you have to sit here and wait for me to finish". I would very likely say something like that, not sure that I would hold them to it, but I would sure like to try. I hate hemming pants.
ReplyDelete