The author is a little gimmicky but his advice is legit. For example, he claims his “Conscious Spending Plan” isn’t a budget - it’s a budget. He knows his stuff, though, even though he does all the usual influencer things of trying to sell courses, etc.

This looks awesome! I love the way the vine is twining around the line of the tear

I’m my experience tears like that are hard to fix by just stitching the two sides back together - if it comes apart again it might benefit from a patch, which you could put on the inside if you want to keep the current look

This is cool, and what great timing - I just spent the last half hour sewing up the seam inside the ear cups of my QC35s. The fake leather is flaking as well so I’ll definitely try something like this in the future, probably with fabric (maybe a 4-way stretch cotton knit, athletic fabric probably a good choice)

I was also thinking about crocheting a cover for the top band.