Mending Kit Ideas

Mending Kit ideas

Put all of your mending supplies in one place, like a tote bag. Here are some suggestions to put into the bag.

• Buttons -- save these in all colors and sizes. The little white ones are great to cut off worn out shirts. You'll almost certainly reuse them.
• Iron-on patches
• Appliqués -can be put over a hole
• Stitch Witchery (an iron on fusible tape you can use for hems)
• Snaps
• Scissors
• Thread-white, black, blue, tan
• Pins
• Needles
• Safety Pins-These work really well for pulling through drawstrings or elastic that has worked its way out of the casing.
• Small Safety Pins
• Goo Gone-This will take a sticker off a shirt even after you've washed it. I've tried similar products but this one works the best!
• Collar Extender-a button with a loop that will extend neck space under a collar
• Fray Check --Use for fraying seams
• Zipper Safety-This gadget that connects to the zipper and then hooks to the pant button. This way the zipper won't slip down.
• Fabric Mending Magic/007 Bond-Glues the rip shut.
• You may want to think about adding extra shoe laces.
• zip ties
• duct tape, gorilla tape
• fishing line 
• assortment of needles in all sizes and for all kinds of uses
• tent mending items
• Razor blades

 Depending on your mending needs there are probably more things you could add to this list. You could store this bag ; Maybe next to your bed, in your car, or in the kitchen or in your 72 hour kit. 

Info from creative homemaking.com and a few personal ideas that I have used over the years.