Survival Sewing Skills

 


Check out this website: https://repairwhatyouwear.com/core-mending-skills/

This webpage provides links to some useful videos for anyone wanting to improve their repair skills. The videos explain the method and then demonstrate the method mending on real clothing.

The first set of videos cover survival sewing skills. The website states that learning these core skills will mean you can mend 90% of clothes that need fixing. The survival sewing skills include:

  • Threading a Needle
  • Tips on fixing a button
  • Mending a seam, learning Backstitch
  • Mending a hem, learning Herringbone
  • Learning Ladder Stitch 

·     There are also some video tutorials covering mending sportswear:

  • Mending big holes in Lycra
  • Mending Running Shoes
  • Mending Small Hole sin Sports leggings
  • Plus many more

Use these videos to improve your sewing skills so you can mend your own clothes.

Give it a go. Remember that if you find these too difficult, you can always go to a repair café where experienced sewers will show or work with you, or you can take the garment to a tailor or repair shop in a nearby shopping centre.

If you do have a go, let us know at wasteless@seechange.org.au how you went and if you were successful in repairing some clothes.

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