time to mend my favourite old sweater from 30 years ago
it’s thick t-shirt material but getting very thin in places, so I reverse appliqued with stretch lace and wound yarn
mending the seams & worn edges
it’s so thin like the ever mending of Old Man Crow’s old denim jacket
for now it’s good to go just in time for winter here in the Land Down Under
mending
Posted: June 2, 2019 by Mo Crow in It's Crow TimeTags: lace, the never ending jacket, thread
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It's Crow Time 
I’ve just mended a pair of P’s shorts-and winter has struck!I no longer have anything from 30 years ago and couldn’t get into anything, either! 😉
(((Di))) it was either time to repair it or put it in the rag bag as all the seams are giving way and it’s almost transparent, it will get better now with time!
All that extra stitching [done with love] has to make it a little thicker…& warmer too hopefully. I think it is going to be a chilly winter this year
(((Eliene))) the cloth is so thin, thinking some red & charcoal coloured stretch velvet patches on the thinnest bits will make it warmer but for now am just happy to be able to wear it again!
Your mending has such wonderful whimsy … and I can scarcely tell where the sweater ends and the stitches begin … except where the red sparks fly!
(((Liz))) it’s kind of like doodling whilst thinking about making a beautiful box to hold the moon following the discussion last week of thinking outside the box in Jude’s Patchwork in Perspective class.
I do love some of my oldest things best and will wear them in whatever state they’ve survived to. I just love your smiling face in the garden and the mending you perform is an art form. Winter seems so far away here in New York, We are still bouncing from humid heat to cool and if it ever stops delivering rain a few days weekly, our Summer might just be brutal. I doubt as brutal as you endured there though.
(((Michelle))) water restrictions have just started here in Sydney which is a worry for our gardens!
What a wonderful story you have woven here! So good in so many ways – you can retain a beloved item of clothing, you have embellished and improved it with your skill and you have created new stories and mended memories – perfect!
(((Fiona))) I would like to get bold and make big loose stitches but don’t think that can happen in this lifetime, this is as loose as I can get!
just makes me smile….i have a couple like this, not mended, there’s really not much
to mend TO….i just hold them
(((Grace))) the cloth is so thin it is disintegrating in lots of places, backing it with the stretch lace works with Jude’s invisible baste stitch where the cloth is still strong enough to hold is working, it will eventually be covered in patches & that couched yarn.
lovely mending journeys, Mo !
(((Els))) a slow meander that makes lots of space for dreaming up the next project!
You are a work of art- inside & out!
(((Hazel))) I wish but am definitely an antique these days hehe!
Mending with pizazz! Old clothes are always the most comfy. I’ve always worn my clothes till they are too fragile to stay together.
(((Margaret))) I had almost given up on this one, the seams on the shoulders and sleeves had let go, cloth from 30 years ago was made much stronger than it is these days!
I love a good mend and yours is beautiful. I bought a new second hand top and what a bonus! It had some holes on the shoulder just crying out for some stitch.
(((Wendy))) between this old fave and Old Man Crow’s jacket the mending will go on for the rest of our lives, his jacket needs a little bit more every couple of weeks and this one will too!
I just had an image pop into my mind of, eventually, all the remaining fabric cut away leaving the seams and the mending . . . my mind is such a strange place to wander.
it will probably happen of it’s own accord, another form of lace!
Mo~ Such grand mending! Isn’t it crazy how certain articles of clothing touch us so deeply and feel so right?! I’m glad you’ll be able to wear this one a bit longer. It’s always so good to see you and your space as well! xo
(((Nancy))) it was second hand back in the 80’s!
look at you! glorious;-)
(((Saskia))) saw a singlet with ‘Vintage Chic’ printed on it when I was 50 but wasn’t ready for it, could wear it with pride these days!