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Do you mend/repair your clothing?

Asked by BarnacleBill (16123points) February 10th, 2011

Do you fix your clothing when it incurs minor damage (lost button, hem comes out, seam rips, small holes)? Do you wear it damaged? Throw/give it away? Pay to have the repairs made? Toss it into a mending pile, and forget about it?

I’ve noticed a few people of late wearing clothes held together with staples or safety pins, and I’m wondering if minor mending is a lost art.

I learned to mend things from my mother. I don’t intend this question to be judgemental. The first time someone told me they were going to throw something away because a seam split, I was completely baffled.

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