I'm new here. Here's my #introduction.

My name is Mim; I live in a tiny apartment in a tiny village amongst the fields and farms of rural #Nebraska.

I love sewing, drawing, playing the piano, baking, and crafting. I'm doing the #OdinProject with my daughter to refresh and relearn web development, the newest challenge in my life.

I believe in #manners, #creativity, #honesty, #positivity, #humor, #kindness, and #imagination.

I look forward to meeting you!

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#GlutenFreeBaking
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#Gardening
#HandSewing
#ThreeGoodThings
#HopePunk

#makeShitMonday, #mending edition!

Our local caving grotto has a large canopy structure that we use for group camping events - as is common with shared equipment, it tends to be roughly handled, and the soft case that holds the poles and canvas for transport has come apart at the top seam.

It's pretty sturdy fabric, and well-constructed - the corner is joined by one seam, and there's a separate seam holding down some thin rubber tape that keeps the seam allowance from fraying. Fortunately that means the failure is the thread holding the pieces together, not the fabric itself...

It's a bit tedious to fix, since I'm trying to use existing holes rather than introduce new points of weakness. And I'm doing each seam as two lines of alternate running stitches, so if the threads break on one line, the other will hopefully hold it together enough for me to fix it more easily next time.

I got through both lines of the joining seam and one line of the edge-tape seam before I ran out of time (and patience) today. Should go a lot quicker tomorrow since the edges and tape are already lined up, so it'll just be a simple running stitch!

@cannibal
#DIY #repair #sewing #handsewing