Comments on: Pretty Patching: Giving Old Clothes New Life

By: A Mending Morning

A Mending Morning — Tue, 31 May 2011 21:14:03 +0000

[...] inspiration and how-to, see my previous Pretty Patching post. Also Craftzine’s Mending Month recap from a few years [...]

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Faking It – Page 1 – LA Life – Los Angeles – LA Weekly — Tue, 04 May 2010 18:33:12 +0000

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By: lyanda

lyanda — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 01:49:03 +0000

Kathi, sorry to take so long responding–I LOVED visiting Karen Blixen’s house. And I did sit gazing from her back porch at the Ngong Hills for the longest time. The furnishings were very simple in an antiquey way, and many were originals. Lots of big game carpets and wall hangings, which sent my vegetarian-evangelist daughter out in tears. The house was quite dark, and the scale was not at all large. I guess the house for the movie was built right behind the original, with more light. Go “next time you’re in Kenya,”– I highly recommend it.

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Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:13:16 +0000

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By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:06:02 +0000

I had a couple of old wool sweaters that I could never wear, because they were just way too warm. Over and over, I would put them in the give away box, and when it came time to donate, I would always pull them back out and try to wear them again. They were so pretty, I just couldn’t bear to part with them. My solution was to re-purpose them into throw pillow covers for the living room.

By: KT

KT — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:34:55 +0000

Your Grandma Lyanda has the most beautiful smile!
We have a box of old calendars, cards and invitations that we regularly cut apart to make new birthday and thank-you cards. Recently we created cards featuring “mixed beasts” (name stolen from a great kids’ book by Wallace Edwards) such as antebunnies and beareagles.

By: KathiD

KathiD — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:51:07 +0000

Karen Blixen’s house was one of the things I SO wanted to see on our trip to Africa. I imagined how it would have been to sit on that porch gazing out at the scenery. When we were there (many years ago) there was very little furniture in the house, but they were trying to raise money to acquire things to make it look more like it did when Blixen lived there. How was it furnished?

By: Renew Clothing | Brooklyn Feed

Renew Clothing | Brooklyn Feed — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:44:30 +0000

[...] just read Lyanda’s The Tangled Nest post about patching a favorite pair of pants. Lyanda is the author of a lovely book called Crow Planet, [...]

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:13:16 +0000

Not enough can be said about the value of a good pair of cargo pants. This is an awesome save.

By: Maurie Kirschner

Maurie Kirschner — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:35:23 +0000

Great post! I worked as professional seamstress for many years and my my mother supported the two of us with her alterations and tailoring business. Neither of us enjoyed working from patterns but we both enjoyed recreating things. Pants to a skirt, long sleeve blouses to summer tanks and so on. This isn’t something I do that often anymore but I still get the itch every once in a while when I see a fabric I like in a second hand store item where the style is far from flattering. Nothing i have done though compares to a co-worker of mine’s amazing work. She was a tiny woman of southeast asian heritage who had an eye and taste for the finer things, but not the income. She would go through second hand stores searching for designer type fabrics in clothing sizes much larger. A dress would become an incredibly designed new skirt and jacket suit and she did it without pre-made patterns. Amazing. What your grandma did sounds similarly amazing. I love that this kind of thing is still happening -but wish it happened more than it does.