#Mending

[sockeye-run]

My all purpose, all terrain utility bag, purchased from a creator on TikTok (rip) has already begun to unravel. Which is really unfortunate, it was advertised as a shopping bag, so I did expect it to be more hardy, but it was sewn together with minimal, thin thread for whatever reason. So I mended it with some Sashiko peel and stick patterns from another creator I found on TikTok (rip), Socorro Society. I chose a nice, heavy, radiant red thread, and I'm happy with the result! It feels much more secure. I do think that, in the near future, I will have to reinforce literally all of the seams on this bag, but I guess I'll let fate tell me when it's time to do that lol.

[i-like-rocks22]

Tried my hand at some visible mending this weekend. Behold my terrible and adorable daisys! I love them!

[ninoochat]

I could have looked up how to do it neatly but idc enough and I'm lazy 🤗

[stonebutchooze]

I share my sewing wins on here, seems only right I should share my sewing moments of humiliation:

yesterday I accidentally sewed a greggs vegan sausage roll into the lining of a winter coat whilst mending the pockets

[africanmorning]

[vertbrunch]

Tried visible mending for the first time !

love the effect on this old turtleneck filled with holes.

[cuties-in-codices]

medieval parchment repairs

in a psalter, south-western germany, late 12th/early 13th c.

source: Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 37, fol. 19r, 53r, and 110r

[scarecrowscribe]

Moss and lichen inspired repairs on my jacket. Some of my oldest and newest work lives on this thing.

[hey-howsitgoin]

So I've had this joke in my head for a couple months (at least), but hadn't found the right spot to make it. Today it is complete.

A hole in my jeans?

Hmm? What's this?

A Patchypus?

REPAIRRY THE PATCHYPUS!!!?!!!

[knottybliss]

Today I stripped the sheets off my bed and threw them in the wash with my pillow, and due to unfortunate circumstances none of the above are dry AND I haven’t been able to wash the blanket I’ve been using and which needs a wash because it has got The Stink. So I redressed my bed with unfamiliar sheets from the closet, and an elaborate crochet blanket I rescued from the thrift at least two years ago because it is huge and gorgeous and I couldn’t find what was wrong with it, and with the open work it looks awesome atop the peacock throw:

And finally, FINALLY! having it spread out on the bed atop a dark contrasting color enabled me to see just what was so wrong that it was abandoned to the thrift:

That is so, so fixable. I can do that. I’m not gonna right now, it’s gonna sit on my bed like this until the Executive Dysfunction Weasels determine the hands of the Mending Clock are in position for the deal or whatever.

[jeraliey]

I found a pair of pants at a thrift store which really caught my eye, but had a giant hole in them...which turned out to be value-added, of course. So I filled it in with a big yellow scotch-darning patch:

And I was going to leave it with the big yellow blotch because I didn't really have the right colors in my thread box to match the fabric palette for embroidering......but then I was up way too late last night and decided that it would be fine if I just approximated them by using threads of two different colors.....

And I think it turned out pretty well!

Distance shot:

Yay for freehand embroidery practice! The more I do of these, the braver I'm getting!

[reportsofagrandfuture]

[ihopethemoonislistening]

My brother's beloved pullover got eaten by moths, so I was allowed to use it to practice my darning. A lot of learning as I went, and you can sort of see which holes I started with and my skill slowly improving. Tried out different colour combinations and anchorings and all in all, very pleased with the results.

[heavymead0w]

Forever finding new holes in my mom's favorite sweater

[swallowsummer]

I love how sashiko patterns grow.

Before, I’ve patched on the inside, but with jeans I’ve found that they can become a little too tight after multiple patches. Besides, I really like how the fraying edge of the patch adds to the effect.