skills translate
My mom looked at me tonight and said, “You ever get a top that has a tag on the side seam? God, they’re so itchy!” Yes, yes, I have, so I offered to fix it for her. I ended up having to cut the stitching on the side seam to get the tags off, and then sewed it back up.
I didn’t want to just back stitch and create a rigid section in this lovely soft t-shirt, so I decided to try sewing it up with a herringbone stitch. It worked great — I made sure to work the stitches right next to each other, and it stretches beautifully. I’m quite proud of it. Yay mending!
the herringbone stitch is on the left, next to my thumb.
but wait — there’s more!
I also spent a little time working on Mom’s quilt. I decided to just darn a small hole, as I started working on it rather late.
I am not good at darning… but if you look at it from a distance, it looks okay. Mom’s happy with it, and that’s the important part.
