I turned it back to front and rounded the neckline to make it comfortable as the new front neckline.
I found this lovely leather weekender bag at a flee market for 130 Dkr (19$, 17€, 13£). It was cheap because the zipper was broken. Changing a zipper is not the easiest task, but I thought it would be worth it.
When I came home, I managed to get the zipper-closing-thing (English?) back on, and the zipper closed easily. I realised that it was just the stitches at one end, that had come undone.
I sewed across the zipper and placed a matching leather patch to both mend the tear and cover up the repair of the zipper.
I don't think it is that visible, that it is a repair.
I wonder what the original price of the bag was. And contemplate that refashion/altering/mending skills are worth much.
4 comments:
I think our skills are worth the price of the garment itself. The cost of a new ready to wear apron is the value of your skills for the apron. The bag would be very high. You did a very good job on it.
Often when I have a simple fix and save a garment and save the replacement cost I wonder how non-sewers afford the cost.
I absolutely LOVE when a repair turns out not to be as big as I originally thought! What a great bag and a great save.
(And the zipper-closer-thing is just called a "zipper pull" in Canada :))
Ranchhouse: Thank you. I have had the same thought. Mending should still be taught in schools.
jenny_o: I agree! Or when it turns out to be a lot easier than I thought.
Thank you for 'zipper pull'. I couldn't remember its name in my own language, Danish, which meant I couldn't translate it ;-).
I love the improved apron! I love the stripes.
Jennifer Elliott EOD
Post a Comment