13/10/2026
🍄🟫RIEhab no.16 Vintage darning mushroom treatment 🍄🟫
This was a tough one for me.
The bottom hem is quite tattered.
Should I fill in the missing parts with filler?
No, As it is a very thin and delicate part, it will likely come off quickly. Even if I use some glue.
The only way is to replace it.
I trimmed the edges first. Then sanded the whole thing.
I found a perfect thin disc from my off cuts! Clean it, stained with bit dark brown and glued it together. I wrapped it tightly with masking tape to securely fasten them together. Leave it a day.
It comes out pretty good. Put back the original nail.
I filled up few places with glue+wood dust mixture.
I received many of vintage darning mushrooms from Erin Lewis-Fitzgerald author of Modern Mending , I thought keep the record here🙂
Now we call this project ‘RIEhab’ (Rie + rehab)👩⚕️🏥 named by most creative witty lady Erin Lewis-Fitzgerald 😁
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