Rainy Day Mending

Most of my mending is for clothes but yesterday I polished off two non-clothes mending jobs that had accumulated. The jobs were particularly satisfying because they took very little time and prolonged the useful life of the items.  

The last time we laundered a comforter used in the guest room - a side seam had come open and the stuffing was hanging out. Having recently discovered that this particular comforter was just the right size and thickness to make the sofabed comfortable for an adult, I decided it was worth mending.

I sat in a rocking chair beside a window looking out on the gray, rainy day…with the mound of comforter positioned so that I could pin the seam closed and stitch it up. When I got started, I realized that the fabric of the 15 year old comforter was not in the best shape…..but the mending will probably get it through a few more washings. Mending was faster than buying a new comforter (and cost less too).

Another mending job for the day was to re-stitch the hotpad I had put around a handle of the laundry basket after the grip had broken. The original work had been done about 10 years ago and the knot of the hand sewn edge had unwound. The pad had extended the life of the basket since otherwise the sharp edge of the plastic made it very uncomfortable to carry. Now - the laundry basket handle padding is good for many more years after the re-stitching today.