I love mending. There is something so soothing about working with your hands to fix something, and in most cases, make it more beautiful or fun! I’ve shared a few kid’s mending tutorials over the past year but now I’m bundling them and adding some exclusive content in “Make It Last: tutorials for mending holes + stains: kid’s clothes edition”, a PDF e-book you can find in my shop!
This e-book is designed with beginners in mind, with full photo tutorials for each method and patch.
FOR ONE WEEK ONLY, my e-book is included in a larger creative bundle, click through to learn more!
There are lots of great products and patterns included, but here are the ones that *I* would be most excited about:
- Bag making for beginners from Vicky Myers: this is a super comprehensive book with general tips you could use on any bag project and a bunch of tested bag patterns from big totes to purses to zipper pouches.
- Improv quilt course from petalplum: Her instagram is dreamy and this course sounds really intriguing, especially if you haven’t done improv quilting or any type of quilting before but want to start.
- Exploring your world stitch club by Mollie Johanson: I love her cute, happy kawaii designs and this is full of embroidery designs along with a tutorial for turning them all into an EPP quilt!
- Embroidery basics by Dana Batho: This is a great video class + pattern if you’ve been meaning to trying hand embroidery but need a shove to get started.
- Starry sampler quilt patterns by Alyce Blyth: Really pretty, modern star patterns that would be fun to sew, I love her designs at Blossom Heart Quilts.
- Serger basics course from Emily Thompson: I watched this whole thing and it is great, including getting started, trouble shooting, and some fancy features that I’ve never tried before. Perfect for new & experience serger users!
- And of course, MY E-BOOK! With a mix of mending tutorials you’ve seen and at least 7 e-book exclusive patterns, my goal is to get you excited about mending kids clothes!!
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What’s in the book (content that is available in blog post format is linked, the rest is exclusive to the e-book):
- General mending tips for any method
- 6 simple, small outline shape templates (moon, star, heart, skull, bee, bunny) & photo tutorials for how to use them for fabric paint stenciling and/or DIY stamp making.
- 10 applique design templates, 7 of which are exclusive to this e-book (Panda face, cat face, skull, shark, beetle, dinosaur, rainbow, flower, bunny face, heart/oval/star) & tutorials for how to use them for reverse applique & raw-edge applique. These appliques are one-size and all suited for knee patches in approximately size 4T-10 size, you can enlarge or reduce while printing as needed.
- Additional photo tutorials & methods for how to use hand embroidery to mend, how to use freezer paper and fabric paint to stencil and cover a stain, and how to carve a DIY stamp and fabric ink to cover a stain.
Supplies used in the book:
Hand Embroidery method:
- Embroidery floss – DMC (Amazon – Etsy – JOANN) or Sulky Cotton petites (Sulky.com – Amazon – Etsy – JOANN)
- Hand sewing needle – my favorites
- Embroidery hoop – (Amazon – Etsy – JOANN)
- Pencil
- Wash away stabilizer- I used (Amazon – Etsy – JOANN)
DIY Stamp method:
- Pencil
- Small white erasers
- Craft knife (Amazon or JOANN) or lino block cutter (Amazon or JOANN or Etsy)
- Fabric ink (Amazon, large Amazon,small or Etsy)
- Iron
DIY Stencil method:
- Freezer paper (sheets or roll)
- Small, micro-tip scissors (Amazon – Etsy – JOANN)
- Fabric paint + brush (Amazon – JOANN)
- Iron
Reverse Applique method:
- Freezer paper (sheets or roll)
- Coordinating fabric scrap
- Small, micro-tip scissors (Amazon – Etsy – JOANN)
- Iron + sewing machine
Applique method:
- Heat N Bond (sheets or roll) (Amazon (sheets)- Etsy (roll)- JOANN (roll))
- Iron + sewing machine
- Fabric scraps
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