Min natkjole!
Ja, det er nok lidt en overdrivelse at kalde det en natkjole, det er mere en nat-t-shirt. Og den er ikke køn. Den er bestemt heller ikke sexet!! - men så dejlig, så dejlig.
Og den er heller ikke ny. Så forleden morgen, da jeg lå halvvågen, før uret ringede, kløede min albue, og jeg opdagede et hul. Et hul! Hvad nu? Min yndlingsnatbeklædning kunne da bare ikke været slidt op. Så jeg gik den efter i sømmene, og de holder lidt endnu. Der var bare det her hul. Jeg har for spidste albuer! Jeg tog den på næste aften inklusive hul, men jeg kunne slet ikke abstrahere fra det, og min finger kørte rundt i det, og det blev lidt større.
Næste dag gik jeg og overvejede, om der kunne gøres noget ved det, og så kom jeg i tanker om, at jeg har købt bogen Mending Matters. Efter ca. 5 minutters overvejelse, blev jeg enig med mig selv i, at den sy-teknik vel også kunne bruges på noget andet end denim, silke og hør. Og det kunne den.
Ikke langt fra tanke til handling fik jeg vasket nat-tingen, tørret den, og så begyndte jeg at sy. Jeg er lidt glad for, at Katrina Rodabaugh skriver i sin bog, at det kræver lidt øvelse at gøre stingene lige store, men jeg lod mig ikke gå på og broderede løs!
Det var rigtig sjovt! Det er ikke sidste gang, at jeg reparerer noget på den måde, fordi det virker ærligt og respektfuldt. Lidt som at sige: "Hej, du er gået i stykker, men du har tjent mig godt, og nu vil jeg gøre noget for, at du holder lidt længere, for jeg er glad for dig." Den føles faktisk lidt mere værdifuld nu, hvor jeg har lagt indsats i at bevare den.
Det er vel, hvad man kan kalde en slags slow fashion.
Rigtig god weekend!
It is so soft. So thin and wonderful to wear. Smooth and neither too warm or too cold.
My nightgown!
Well, it is probably an exaggeration to call it a nightgown, it is more at night t-shirt. And it isn't pretty. Nor is it sexy!! - but so good, so good.
And it isn't new either. So the other morning, half awake before the alarm went off, my elbow was itching, and I discovered a hole. A hole! So what now? My favorite night dress couldn't be worn down. So I examined it, and it was otherwise fine. There was just that hole. I have too pointed elbows! I wore it the next night, hole and everything, but I couldn't just ignore it. My finger was twisting and turning around in it, and it became bigger.
The next day I gave it some thought. If it was worth doing something about it, and then I remembered, that I have bought the book Mending Matters. After approx. 5 minutes of consideration, I came to the conclusion, that the described sewing technique probably could be used on cotton, too. And it could.
For me there is never a long distance from thought to action, so I washed the night-thing, dried it, and then I started sewing. I am a bit happy about, that Katrina Rodabaugh writes, that it takes some practice to make the stitches the same size, but I didn't let it discourage me and was sewing like mad!
It was fun! It is not the last time, that I repair something that way, because it seems honest and respectful. Like saying: "Hi there, you have become undone, but you have served me well, and now I will do something for you, because I like you, so you can stick around a little longer." It actually feels more valuable now, when I have made an effort to preserve it.
I guess, that it is kind of slow fashion.
Have a great weekend!
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