this post was submitted on 01 Sep 2023
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Sewing, Repairing and Reducing Waste

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Zipper pull made from some shoelace I had lying around:

Parts of the bottom of the bag were threadbare (literally starting to let light through). Gooped over everything with a bunch of Shoe Goo sealant, which turned out messy but effective:

Overall I'm pretty please with how this turned out. Maybe not too pretty to look at, but thoroughly functional, and I'm sure it'll extend the life of this bag quite a bit

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Nice, creative too. Feels good to repair stuff.