One jeans patch done, two more pairs to save from their doom!!
This has taken an hour....enough time for sitting. I enjoyed the hand work though.
That was after doing the washing up and a bit of tidying and sorting..preceded by half an hour on Duolingo.
It would be so easy to sit here all day!!
I was hoping for a little more sunshine after a break in proceedings yesterday afternoon, but we are back to rain and wind.
Nevertheless it is time to venture out!!
There is paint for the workshop on the shopping list and delivering the huge suitcase filled with surplus clothes and bedding to a charity/"op" shop. I think Shelter Scotland, as all over the world people need homes and help.
Unfortunately this means using the car...but as I haven't used it for a week it probably is a good idea to give it a run. I don't want it sulking when I do need it!!
Using the car also means making a list and a route plan to save time and fuel.
I like going by bus, but carrying heavy things to and from town, plus the fact that it would take several different buses in and out of town in various directions to the edge means that the car has won the day. Shops moving out of town has a lot to answer for. Yes it takes car and lorry traffic out of the centre, but it also kills the centre, and all the closed shops in many towns evidences that.
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I like to mend clothing too, to extend it's life and usefulness. And as you say, in the doing of it, you get to sit and relax. Unfortunately the U.S, depends heavily on everyone having a car to get to and fro. And "to and fro" usually involves long distances. We try to consolidate trips to get maximum benefit from each trip but still I wish we lived, as you do, in a place friendly to bicycles, buses and things within walking distance!
Nicely mended!
I wondered how you would do that. Sewing onto the legs of jeans by machine is awful!
Nice mend. I had not heard of Duolingo and wonder which language you are learning. Sounds like a busy trip planned with the delivery of surplus clothing and enough stops to need a plan.
Joanne the other way is to unpick the side seams, patch then re-sew, but this machine wouldn't cope with that thickness of denim.
Susan, Scots Gaelic on Dualingo. We have Gaelic speaking friends and it is a good challenge!
Nice. I have a pile of mending, but it will mostly wait for cooler weather.
Interesting point about town centres. I wonder if we will see a change as people become less and less keen to drive to places. Possibly not, unless bus services improve. But it would be wonderful to see them more alive.
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