🧵mending tools I actually reach for
not a full sewing kit inventory. just what's out of the drawer more than once a month
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1
speedweve-style darning loom
2
DMC embroidery floss
$4 btw and every craft store has it, six strands split easy for finer mends
3
Cosmo embroidery floss
harder to find in the us and like 3x the price but the sheen is unreal, worth ordering online for anything visible on a jacket
4
wooden darning egg
5
curved upholstery needles
6
Clover Wonder Clips
7
small embroidery scissors
still going strong after like 4 years, keep them only for thread or they go dull fast
8
iron-on mending tape
good for a quick fix before you get around to actually mending it. definitly a temporary fix, not forever
9
waxed linen thread
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