mending triumph

My teenage daughter came home from school and got ready for work, put stuff away, change clothes, freshen up.

She comes to find me asking where my needles are because she misplaced hers.

Turns out her work pants had a small hole in the seam and she wanted to patch it up quick.

I taught her to sew, to use a sewing pattern and do some light mending when she was about 10.

When she first started mending she always showed me and eventually she got better.

I didn't know that she has continued to mend her clothes and I know longer see these mends because they are done well... she purchases her own clothes and does her own laundry.

I told her I was proud of her and she looks at me like "for what?" LOL

Do you have any mending triumphs?

We've got a lovely thread about mending clothes here which I have referred to on several occasions for techniques.
Congratulations to your daughter for her hidden mending skills and to yourself Cheryl for raising such an accomplished young person!

I think one of the interesting things I have found on mending an item is that it somehow enhances it's value to me rather than diminishing it. It's like the gift of my time has made it intrinsically worth more, and therefore more worth looking after and mending again and again if necessary...does anyone else find this? Logically a patched pair of jeans ought to be worth less than a new pair, but somehow the fact that they have been worth mending makes them a bit precious to me.

Nancy-
Thank you! I couldn't agree more that the value goes up especially after mending!

I made my mastiff very happy today by mending her dolly. Dolly suffered from a broken head a while ago and was put away for her own safety. Today she got a neck patch that ought to keep her playing for a little longer.