mending your things

And don’t let that thing that needs mending languish for too long, because it will start to take up mental space and space in your closet.

I was gifted this very beautiful tote made out of a repurposed Kilim pillowcase or rug (origins unclear). It’s a prototype, and started to unravel a bit at one of the handles, as well as having a slight hole from the age of the textile. I sat down this morning with a cup of coffee and a podcast and picked out the perfect orange thread. It’s a slightly brighter shade of orange, which calls out the mending, because visible mending is beautiful and cool and radical. And voila, now I can use the tote! It’s the perfect size for a book and a journal and chapstick and my iPod and my keys an my sunglasses.