Mending My Ways
About ten years ago I rescued this wonderful old Pendleton wool robe from a thrift store. It’s seen daily use every winter since. Today, the thin fabric under one sleeve gave way. Phooey. Then I remembered Noreen’s sock.
I also remembered a washable wool 4” Weave-It square in the woven samples basket—in the same color scheme as my beloved, but tattered robe. Close enough. After reinforcing the inside (of the robe) with a square of iron-on tricot interfacing and a zigzag of machine stitching, I hand stitched the square to the outside with more wool and then backstitched two diagonal lines across it to keep the patch flat. (As you can see, it’s in a place that gets constant strain.)
The finished patch job looks kind of like a gusset. It’s certainly visible, but I don’t care. The robe lives another day…
Thank you, Noreen.
That’s great, Jana! How neat that your sample basket had the perfect square for you!
I love it when we can breathe new life into old and well loved garments!
hugs
Noreen
What a wonderful idea. I think it looks great!
that’s pleasing in just about every way imaginable!
What a wonderful way to rescue a loved piece of clothing!
don’t quite know how to say it but this teaches a lot: 1.] about the value of the genuine article…good wool and great design give pleasure and comfort for a lifetime and more 2.} how important it is to have many interests coinsiding 3.}to indulge onself in building stashes out of need, gluttony or lust little stashes come in handy …they rescue the world from the weary and mundane 4.) passionately making weave-it squares may leave the rest of the world wondering why but for us and other fiber devotees such acts of comnpassionate dedication in preserving one of the world’s finest designs makes such endeaver even more worthwhile.
There is more to ‘possability’ than Campbell’s Soup. Weave on mates, weave on.
Excellent idea! Very clever.