First, I took the simplest, fastest to fix item - a special edition Ikea bag that has one of its edges that has holes. The bag wasn't mine and we borrowed it from a relative. So, I thought, why not fix it before we give it back. Of course, this was mid of last year 馃槼. You know how it is, don't you? If the mood isn't there, the mood just isn't there, even for the simplest of thing to do. But yesterday, it happened to be a fixing day because the mood was right 馃槈 and finally, it is done! It was just a simple straight stitch with my faithful and patient sewing machine, across the outer side of the bag along the edge with holes, just enough to close the holes.
Then, came the next simple fix - a simple hole in a pair of pajamas pants. This type of hole is straightforward because we just need to follow the stitches where the hole appears and re-stitch (straight stitch or zigzag stitches would work) it over, following the line of the pants.
Next, was to me, a more challenging fix - random holes on a pair of most comfy and worn out knitted fabric shorts. This is actually a second time fix. The first time, I was lazy and I just pinched the fabric together and sew it to close but other holes appeared.
For this type of holes, we need to do a little patchwork to cover the multiple holes of various sizes, preferably with similar coloured fabric but the closest I had was this greenish coloured fabric.
After the fabric was pinned to the shorts, the bigger holes were zigzag sewn all around the holes and then zigzaged the fabric onto the shorts all around the edges.
And I had another pair of shorts with similar holes which I managed to work on, but if you need to do this, use similar fabric, don't do what I did, i.e. choosing a fabric that stood out after patching 馃槃.
Okay, in case you are wondering how bad shaped these pair of shorts are, they are the kind of shorts that are really comfy, so worn out but you still love wearing them, in this case, worn at home where funkily patched up holes (i.e. wrong fabric that stands out, zigzag stitches that aren't straight) are okay 馃榿.
Now that the holes have been patched and fixed, we can use them for a little longer until the next hole appears which would then call for another holes fixing day 馃槑.
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My Actifit Today: May 27 2019
The danger and perk of working or staying next to a mall. You get to collect steps while shopping but you have the tendency to burn a hole in your wallet 馃槣
