swachterswachter@toot.boston
Jun 2, 2026, 1:34 AMI can’t fix everything, but I can fix these pants.
Happy Pride, friends.
#handmade #visibleMending #MoveSlowAndFixThings #Sewing #solarpunk #pride
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- swachterswachter@toot.bostonJun 23, 2026, 12:47 AM
I can’t fix everything, but I can fix these shoes.
#sewing #handmade #visibleMending #solarpunk #moveSlowAndFixThings #makeDoAndMend
- swachterswachter@toot.bostonJun 28, 2026, 6:38 PM
I can’t fix everything but I can fix this #marketBasket shopping bag. (Mended while coaching at BU’s Fixit Clinic!)
#handmade #solarpunk #moveSlowAndFixThings #visibleMending #sewing #somervilleMA #MoreForYourDollar
Natanox 🇺🇦🇵🇸Natanox@chaos.socialJun 2, 2026, 1:37 AM@swachter You say "fix", I call that an upgrade!
marywordymarymarywordymary@wandering.shopJun 2, 2026, 1:41 AM@swachter Love this!!
Dr_BombayDr_BombayJun 2, 2026, 1:57 AM@swachter wow, so did you do this with a SpeedWeave or some sort of darning loom? It looks so good… I’m still learning!
- swachterswachter@toot.bostonJun 2, 2026, 2:07 AM
@Dr_Bombay Nope, just did it by hand. Measured and stitched the colored stripes then wove the grey in carefully with a long needle. I have a speedweve but I don’t like the tension it puts on the fabric.
- Dr_BombayDr_BombayJun 2, 2026, 5:01 AM
@swachter wow! That precision might be too much to ask for my old eyes, but I’d love to have that kind of skill. It looks so good!
AI6YR Benai6yr@m.ai6yr.orgJun 2, 2026, 2:35 AM@swachter neat!
Jun 2, 2026, 2:56 AM@swachter holy crap that is gorgeous
bees and natureFlorapis@toot.walesJun 2, 2026, 5:47 AM@swachter that is so clever! Do you put the grey threads in first? I have tried darning but it puckers. Next time I'll use a ring
- swachterswachter@toot.bostonJun 2, 2026, 9:05 PM
@Florapis No, colored threads first, then wove the grey through!
- bees and natureFlorapis@toot.walesJun 3, 2026, 6:44 AM
@swachter thank you! I shall try this on Stuarts jeans, he wears holes in the pockets all the time
hrasthrast@sunny.gardenJun 3, 2026, 5:43 AM@swachter "can't fix everything, but I can fix everything"
Marcos Dionemdione@en.osm.townJun 4, 2026, 7:47 PM@swachter do you have videos of how you do it?
Cheryl Dannersheromon@hachyderm.ioJun 23, 2026, 3:51 AM@swachter I have a cute pair of socks that I’ve stopped wearing because they have holes, and I aspire to fix them.
𝕯𝖔𝖔𝖒𝖘𝖈𝖗𝖔𝖑𝖑™Doomscroll@zirk.usJun 28, 2026, 6:51 PM@swachter The bag is better after the tear. “More For Your Dollar” was the promise. The new one is stranger: more meaning for your refusal to discard. Quite valuable, this little tear.
KathmanduKathmandu@stranger.socialJun 29, 2026, 6:01 AMNice work!
I have some bags I need to repair, too. Do you recommend for/against any particular materials?
(I'm not used to working with the plastic quasi-fabrics that re-usable shopping bags are mostly made of.)
Jun 28, 2026, 7:22 PM@swachter oh hey that's fantastic handiwork, congrats! :o
Jun 30, 2026, 12:25 AM@swachter needs more nyancat
