Years ago - mending was more of a 'thing' than it seems
to be today. Thrift stores did not abound to keep our
closets full of nice clothing at budget prices....
so we mended what we had!
Well recently - I did some mending of my own -
but for a different reason.
I find modest and dressy shirts hard to find.
I've had this white one a number of years and love it!
The drawstring neck can be tied to a level I'm comfortable with.
However, we have a new puppy who has some
challenging behavior issues.
We've learned she's very 'dominant' and training has been hard work - ahhhh!!!
One of her issues is jumping and biting - at the same time!
She 'play bites' (as they call it) hard and fast!
(Picture bruised legs, arms and tattered clothing...a naughty puppy!)
When she put a big tear in the sleeve of this shirt -
I was determined it wasn't going in the trash.
Thankfully - she tore the sleeves near the bottom of their
original 3/4 length. I cut that part off -
and now the sleeves are a little shorter.
The original shirt...(I like it with this vest apparently.)
The original shirt...(I like it with this vest apparently.)
To put elastic in sleeves... simply turn sleeves under and stitch a casing
the width of your elastic. Allow an opening and feed elastic through
with a safety pin on the end...having measured the elastic to what is
comfortable for your arm.
Stitch the elastic closed - then finish stitching the casing closed.
It it easy!
All for Jesus ~Joyce
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