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How To Replace a Zipper in a Jacket or Coat

Update: October 19, 2020 If you read my last post on How Much To Charge To Replace a Zipper, I promised I’d be back to show you how to put in a new zipper. Here’s the jacket with the broken zipper: On this jacket, the zipper teeth didn’t hold together when the jacket was zipped.…

Mending What the Dog Chewed Up (Part Two)

By: Linda September 24, 2009February 7, 2021

Alterations, homewareAlterations, bags, how to fix a hole in jeans, how to fix a torn bag, how to mend a hole in clothes, how to mend torn items, mend, mending, purses, sew, sewing, Vera Bradley2 Comments

In the last post, we looked at a technique on How to Mend What the Dog Chewed Up, Part One. In that scenario, I mended a few small spots on two Vera Bradley bags that a customer brought to me to fix. Her dog had chewed them both to pieces. Today, let’s look at one of the bags.…

Mending What the Dog Chewed Up (Part One)

By: Linda September 19, 2009February 7, 2021

AlterationsAlterations, how to fix torn items, how to fix torn jackets, how to fix torn jeans, how to mend, how to mend bags, how to mend jackets, how to mend jeans, how to mend pants, how to mend sleeping bags, how to mend torn bags, how to stitch holes, mending, Vera Bradley5 Comments

A customer brought me 2 Vera Bradley bags (purses) that her dog chewed up and asked me if I could repair them. She really didn’t have high expectations; she figured anything I could do was better than what they looked like. But, she didn’t know that I have a favorite mending technique that earns rave…

Flip the Shirt Collar to Extend Its Use

By: Linda August 31, 2009March 9, 2023

Alterations, Basic SkillsAlterations, how to alter men's shirt collars, How to fix worn out collars, men's shirt collars, men's shirts, mending, sew, shirt collars4 Comments

My husband had a job for many years where he had to wear dress shirts to work. Invariably, the collars would be the first thing on the shirts to wear out. It’s hard to see in this photo, below, but the collar is beyond help. It is worn out. Because my husband has his favorite…

Mending a bed sheet

By: Linda May 4, 2009February 3, 2021

Alterations, homewaredon't throw it away, how to fix a torn bed sheet, how to mend a torn bottom sheet, John Denver, Kramer vs. Kramer, mending, repurpose, save the planet, zig zag23 Comments

Can you save the planet by mending one bed sheet? Probably not, but it will save you alot of money to do it yourself and repurpose it. I have a large hole in one of my bedsheets. Typically, my washing machine eats these on a regular basis if I don’t have a full load. I…

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