Decisions are the worst. When the decision is exciting, that’s all great and dandy, but seriously. Most of the time I just don’t want to make the decision especially when I’m trying to think of the best (or easiest or most practical) way to mend something. I would rather have someone else to it for me, or wave a magical wand to speed up the process. My past self would have thrown most (read: all) of these items in the trash bin. Now, thanks to both an increase in skill as well as awareness of the environmental impact, I mend my family’s clothes.
Most of my mending opportunities come from my two sons who blow out their knees, or my husband who gets these funny butt holes. Lol.
In a previous life, I was a student at BCIT studying Nuclear Medicine Technology. I remember a paper I once wrote in which I created a flow chart to help decide whether to perform a lung scan or a chest xray on a patient. Something like that anyway. Apparently my paper was too objective and didn’t carry enough persuasion. Bah. When it comes to mending, I want objectivity. I just want the decision to be easy. No emotion. So I’m going to make myself one and put it here for future reference: Yours and mine.
I’ve created this flow chart to help me decide how to patch my family’s pants. As often the reason I delay mending is because I don’t have a plan, and then I second guess the best method for getting the job done. It’s actually pretty simple though and I hope this can help some of you!
I’ll add individual posts on each of these methods to show you how I do it.
In the mean time, cheers! And happy sewing!
