Mending

This momma has been busy trying to refind our balance!  

I've added some "work" to my life, and although I find it fun and energizing, it still takes time.  

Figuring out how to balance mommy time, house work time, family time, 

and work time has turned out to be a learning curve!  

In the middle of all that, Leif put holes through three pairs of pants.  

Six year olds work and play hard too!  

So while he was at school, I put a little creativity into the mending that needed to be done. I secretly really like mending- weird, I know! 

But something about taking something that could be thrown out and making it usable again 

makes me happy! 

It was kind of fun, and really pretty easy...

 you just need a few of these.

And a stash of denim left over from the jeans that are too far gone. 

Cut a couple of squares of differing shades of denim and arrange them.  

I went for off center look ;)

 Start top stitching and connecting the squares.  Make sure you sew all around the outside edge if you plan on fraying them later.

 A few more lines for aesthetics only...

 Then start pulling threads from the ends to fray the patch.

I found this in my stash, 

I think it's really old or thrifted, but I'm pretty sure they make something like it still. 

It's a tape that fuses fabrics together when heated with an iron.

 I added a piece of paper inside the jeans so I wouldn't accidentally fuse the jeans together.  

 Start cutting little strips of stitch witchery to fit the area the patch will cover.

 Follow the instructions on your product, and iron away! 

Oops, don't leave the iron there for too long or the stitch witch stops sticking....

 Top stitch the outside edge to secure the patch and you are done!

Repeat as needed. 

They got the six year old approval, 

and I'm just glad they'll last us till shorts weather now.

Next time I might try this cute little patch found on Pinterest... pretty fun!

 "Man is broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is the glue." Eugene O'Neill