After working hard with non-stitching-related things a couple of weeks ago, THIS week I was able to indulge in stitching, quilting, cutting fabric, counting Hexagon blocks and mending clothes.
Mending in the spirit of SDGs
I have some very old and very dear garments. When they show signs of wear and tear, I prefer to mend them rather than toss them out. So was the case with my black jacket. I have had it for 20 or 25 years, and I have never wanted to replace it.
It's of very good quality, but eventually I had an accident and tore a slit near one of the pockets. It was time to mend it.
I had some iron-on-fabric-repair tape in black to patch up the tear. As the jacket is lined, I had to rip open the hem to get at the reverse side of the jacket and reinforce the inside before I could iron on tape on the outside, too. Then I stitched the hem and the pocket by hand.
You need to open the pocket to see the mended area.
Hexablooms
At the end of January, I hung the Hexabloom quilt to see how far I had got. There were 292 blocks on the flimsy at that time.
Since then, I have added more. The total number of hexagon flowers is now 324.
I have also started placing and marking the next set of flower blocks.
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