Mending work appears at the ironing board, otherwise they would most often go unnoticed.
These linen pants, Vogue 1642, are a wearable toile and have been a summer staple since they were made three years ago. A small hole was starting to appear on the side just under the pocket opening.
If there was a generous amount of ease the side seam could be taken in a bit this would have been a quick fix. That was not the case so the next option was to patch.
These labels were used on microwave cozies back-in-the-day and proved to be suitable patch material.
Some basting tape before topstitching it place and these pants are saved for many more wears.
Next up a small hole on a shirt back. Hmmm, patch this with a small length of seam binding or perhaps the darning stitch on the sewing machine? I'm thinking the patchwork on this one too.
Happy Sewing!
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