Project Gallery

Photos of projects I’ve done.

Mending little holes:

photo of a small hole
photo of mending small hole with needle and thread
Photo of a small hole that has been mended.

Sewing bigger holes:

A photo of a bigger hole.
Photo showing needle placement for mending a large hole.
Photo of large hole being mended.
Photo of a large hole being mended.
Photo of a large hole being closed up and almost mended.
Photo of a large hole that has been mended.

Patches or appliqué over large holes:

Photo of a large moth hole in a wool shirt.
Photo of the inside of the shirt that has been mended with an appliqué, and it had a very large hole still visible on the inside.
Photo of the inside of a shirt that has been mended with an appliqué patch.
Photo of the outside of a shirt mended with a heart shaped appliqué patch.
Photo of 2 heart shaped appliqué patches on a shirt.
Photo of heart shaped appliqué patches with reflective thread outlining the hearts.

I outlined the hearts with reflective thread for a one of a kind distinctive look, which can be spotted at night from a distance.

My tights: Before; Inside after mending; Outside after mending (you should see my knee – this one hurt).

Running tights with a large hole
Running tights with a large hole patch, seen from the inside of the tights
Running tights with a patched hole seen from the outside.

This rain jacket didn’t have any pockets, I added these.

A jacket that I added zipper pockets to
A close up of the zipper pocket I added

Things kept falling out of the pocket, so I designed and added a cinch topper which solved the problem.

the pack prior to adding the cinch top
the cinch top I made, before it was added
Adding the cinch top, it's pinned in.
a cinch top I added and it looks like it belonged on the jacket

My first AR 50 jacket from 2013, but it didn’t have pockets.

A jacket with a zipper pocket I have added.

Sewing Heidi Garner gaiters and zipper gaiters. I cut them out, and sew them by hand. I source the most sustainable materials I can find too, see the Heidi Garner gaiter page for more information. You can purchase them on Heidi’s site.

Sewing a flower gaiter
close up on a zipper gaiter
A stack of gaiters I have sewn
a photo of a hydration vest that shows a project I completed

Little fixes make big differences. I hand stitched the fabric around the neck and got rid of the chafing issue.

A large rip in a favorite pair of running shorts.

These were her favorite shorts, so we repaired them with hearts.

A patch being securely stitched in place in a decorative style over a large rip in running shorts.
The mended shorts, the hearts are subtle, but add a decorative flare.
Stitching a ripped pocket on the sewing machine
The zipper portion of the pocket was ripping out, so it was secured into place.
The finished repair on a zipper pocket that had ripped out.
A rip in a pair of shorts

Favorite shorts can be mended and worn for years, this is not invisible, but it is durable and functional.

Stitching up the hole in the back of the shorts.
The hole mended with a patch that has been top stitched
The zippers fixed on a pack

This pack had lost the zipper pull on the right and the left was ripping out in the same way. I was able to put the zipper pull back on, add metal zipper stops to prevent losing the pull again and was able to stitch the fabric back down on both ends of both pockets.

By saving the zipper pull and making sure I had it, it saved me significant time and saved the client money since I did not have to replace the entire zipper.

More photos coming soon.

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