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Sewing With Treadle Machines in Africa

My family and I just returned from an amazing, life changing trip to Zambia, Africa! It is a trip we will never forget. Our daughter, Michelle, works for an orphan ministry called Every Orphans Hope. We wanted to go and see her working first hand and help where we could. There are 11 orphan homes…

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.…

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