One of the hinges broke off my laundry hamper the other day. It looked tacky and was awkward to use with a flappy lid, so I decided to repair it today. In the old days, I would have thrown it away and bought a new laundry hamper. But not now, not in the new age of thrift.
First I removed the broken hinge and its mate with wire cutters. Then I cut six equal lengths of sturdy parcel string for each new “hinge” and threaded them as a group between the bamboo framework and the woven material on the lid and the hamper body. I tied the groups of string around the back, first in a square knot, and then with a granny knot on top of that.
I didn’t want to cut the tie ends too short in case the knots worked loose, but the long dangling ends didn’t look very pretty. In a fanciful moment, I decided to decorate the string ends with some leftover jewelry-making beads from our craft box. Ta-da! My husband said it looks nicer now than before. And I saved about £11 by not having to buy a new hamper. 🙂
Happy Sewing!
Hello Diane,
Thank you for visiting me. I love your idea of blogging about your UFO’s – I have quite a few of those languishing around… 😉
Please come and visit me again, and meanwhile, happy quilting.