Mending your own clothes has new appeal

Sean O'Driscoll

Mending clothes

In this Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011 photo, Sean O'Driscoll fixes his pants pockets at the Brooklyn chapter of Sewing Rebellion in New York. Sewing Rebellion offers free classes on darning socks, sewing buttons or, for the more advanced, repurposing an old shirt or refitting a dress. The group provides free use of sewing machines, needles and thread, and offers instruction and almost infinite patience for beginners. (AP Photo/Sean O'Driscoll)