Steven Hoefer<p>Anyone have a guide on how to identify well-made clothes? I was taught long ago, but I've forgotten the specifics and would not describe it well.</p><p>The reason I ask is that cheap clothes are usually much harder to mend. The allowances are small, there are no extra buttons, the materials barely hold a stitch, it all kind of wears out at once.</p><p>Better made stuff has enough *there* there to put it back together.</p><p>(Bernadette Banner's vid has been linked a number of times, thanks!)</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/sewing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sewing</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/mending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mending</span></a></p>