Common Threads

Subtle but visible ripped skirt repair, with no sewing! Step one: cut a piece of fusible interfacing and new fabric. Step two: iron it on! That's it! Lucinda chose to have this as a secret patch on the inside of the skirt and to leave the L-shaped rip slightly visible on the outside, but it would have worked the other way around too.

What are other repair techniques that don't need sewing?

I've definitely been inspired by people's patched up clothing, or jackets with embroidery, or self-hemmed pant legs. Also, scrolling around the hashtag on social media and following people like Erin Lewis-Fitzgerald - Modern Mending is a huge inspiration! Any other recommendations, tag them in the comments!
-S

​Wow! This is what our achieved during the Repair-a-thon #2! And iIt's not just the saved garments that were fixed but also skills that they took home and will be able to use time and time again in the future to create a more sustainable closet one slow stitch at a time. We are so so proud of all the participants!

​On Saturday, we hosted our second Repair-a-thon and it was a total hit! Thank you for having us in your wonderful garden and thank you to all the ladies who showed up (not all in the picture, sorry!) and took the steps towards a more sustainable closet.

More photos to come!

xoxo
M & S & Z​