By shear coincidence I found some sewing inspirations on instagram when I came upon the hashtag “Mend March”, invented by Kate Sekules of Visible Mend. Her mending project seams to have been going for a few years, and it reminded me of reviewing the splendid book Mending matters, written by Katarina Rodabaugh. I loved that […]
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Book review of Mending Matters by Rodabaugh
Katarina Rodabaugh’s book “Mending matters” is a practical book with loads of project pages showing you different ways to patch and repair a pair of jeans, both with invisible and visible mending. It’s a very hands-on, practical guide for mending especially jeans, but it is also a love letter to the practice of mending, ie. […]
DIY Skirt with a lot of Embroidery
Happy World Embroidery Day today! Whether you are celebrating with stitching on an old embroidery project or starting a brand new today in honor of this special day, I hope that you take the time to embroider something. Today on July 30, it is namely the World Embroidery Day, a day when we feel a […]
Photo styling for blogging – my bags in a sunshine
I love photo styling for blogging, since it’s the final step in my craft process. Once the photo is edited and uploaded, I consider the project done. Here’s an example of a jeans bag detail: I love these images. I had such good light when I took these photos of three new jeans bags that […]
Handbag made out of Old Jeans
Recycle time. Not only old jeans, but old idea…. Because I started to make this handbag out of a very old pair of jeans (that I probably wore 10 years ago or something)… They’ve been laying around in the recycle bin for a while now. I cut them up and sewed in a lining (from […]
