For my frugal friends:

Here are links to Gentle Stitches’ blog posts about repairing and mending instead of just discarding. She shows how to start putting together a toolkit so that when you want or need to mend, you have everything you need at hand and all together.

The links:

http://gentlestitches.com/2012/10/01/the-key-to-sustainable-living/

http://gentlestitches.com/2012/09/19/150/

http://gentlestitches.com/2012/09/28/packed-and-ready-to-go/

Reading these posts reminded me of an old but valuable saying:

Use it up,

Wear it out;

Make it do

or do without.