Spilled Bleach

It’s time
to do laundry again and all the clothes are in baskets around the washing
machine waiting their turn to be washed.
I start the washing machine; add in laundry detergent and then the
bleach. I look over and I see that one
of my husband pajama pants got splashed with bleach.
“Oh crumb!”
those are my husbands favorite pair of pajama pants. I could take a permanent marker to the pants to
cover the white spot that is now on his black pants but the fabric is now
weakened.
I know at
some point that spot will wear out and probably before the rest of the pants. So I am watching and waiting for the hole to
appear, hoping I am wrong and the fabric will be fine. No such luck this time.

It
probably took about a year for it to wear through. So into the mending basket the pants go for
repairs.
Step#1

I flip
the pajama pants inside out.
Step#2
I fold the pants so the holes are in half and i have an edge for putting sewing pins.
Step#3
I pin the fold below where the holes are with a 1/4 seam allowance.
Step#4

I sew the
two pieces together. I start the stitching
before the holes and slowly increase the seam allowance so that it is at ¼ inch
where I am going over where the holes are located. Then I gradually decrease the seam allowance
after I have passed where the holes are located. The stitching looks like a hill
with at plateau in the middle of the hill.
Step #5

I flip
the pajama pants right side out again.
My husband is elated since these are his favorite pair and I sigh in
relief. Now onto the next pair of pajama pants.
Materials
Black thread-
left over from another project 0.00
Total Cost
0.00
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