Clothes worth wearing are worth repairing

The cobbler where I used to take me shoes to be re-heeled had a little line of text across the ticket he gave to the customer to keep track of the shoes “Shoes worth wearing are worth repairing”. You could say the same about clothes too. I’ve been a bit quiet on the crafty front lately, because I’ve been tackling the Dreaded Mending Pile.
Step 1: remember where I have hidden the mending pile
Step 2: make a list of what I need to buy to mend things with
Step 3: actually get around to mending things.

Some of the things to be mended were actually small five minute jobs, like replacing a button. I had a dress where I thought the zip had broken but actually it was only the but that you pull that was broken, so I just made a new tag instead of replacing the zip.
I had a top that needed the elastic replacing on the smocking, that was also a smaller job than I thought once I got hold of some shirring elastic. It looks as good as new.

 The biggest job was one of my summer dresses - it has four belt loops and they had all pulled out of the bodice, ripping the fabric. Now I like this dress so I didn’t want to throw it away, so I decided to strengthen the bit where the belt loops attach to with some interfacing, and then I sewed the loops back on by hand.
It may have been a nuisance to have to do mending, but I’m glad I actually did it because now I can start on a new shiny project with a clear conscience!