make do and mend

Money is becoming tighter as it is nearing Christmas. Rather than binning one of my favourite Fake London cashmere jumpers I decided to carefully mend it by blanket stitching liberty print fabric patches onto the elbows. A very good friend had given me some liberty print swatches and I had finally found a use ( I'm also thinking of making a quilt). Once I had completed mending it I put it on and felt so glad that I had taken the time to sew the patches on. I remember why it is one of my favourite jumpers, it's so warm and now looks even cuter.