#sashiko

[africanmorning]

[frangipani-wanderlust]

Thick thighs may save lives but they're hell on your wardrobe.

Anyway, please to be appreciating this patch I sewed. Pic of me wearing the jeans tomorrow.

EDIT: This post took off more than I expected. For anyone who likes the colors, I used a combination of these two threads.

Olympus Sashiko Thread, 111 yd - 301 Rainbow

Yokota Sashiko Thread, 40 m - Brown Gold

I wish everyone the best of luck with their projects! :)

[hopegrasping]

Diy doesn't have to be Make A New Jacket From Scratch btw, it can be turning Jacket You Don't Wear into Jacket You DO Wear by adding a simple patch, adding a cool charm to your zipper, or dying it a new color! :) diy is about doing whatever you can do, with what you have, however you feel comfortable.

Don't psyche yourself out of a good thing! It takes time and practice but you can Get There!! what the practiced diy-ers with all the coolest projects don't tell you is they were beginners too once upon a time!

[notwiselybuttoowell]

Japanese hikeshibanten jacket depicting spider and go board, 19th Century, Seattle Art Museum

[georgedontdothat]

sashiko

[tanuki-kimono]

Great example of everyday noragi (work clothes, worn by farmers for ex.)​ from Taisho period. Note the makisode sleeve shape, offering freedom of mouvement!

You can see the close-up of the weave, made from asa (bast-fiber like hemp or linen) and kamiyori (twisted paper thread​). Despite its "rugged" materials, weave is delicately interlocked with regular black stripes.

The coat also presents geometrical sashiko (white quilting), both reinforcing easily worn areas (collar, hems, inner center back), and decorating the garment.

PSA for writers: please please please don't put characters doing manual labour in "silk" kimono. I'll be forever grateful ;)

[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.

[deezknits]

visible mending by me

@bridgetcl on ig

[louche-douche-deaux]

Visible mending is a satisfying, attractive pursuit that makes for interesting garments, IMO. This podcast is a brief primer on mending techniques and traditions. Excellent listen for anyone wanting to dip their toe in the practice.

[thirrith]

i may have finally found a good way to mend my trousers

[sailorfern]

One time, I got my husband to print little embroidery floss holders for me and this is the result.

Huge improvement over just shoving the skein into a compartment and letting later me deal with it

[megancreations]

Jacket mends over the last 4 years. Lots of sashiko, reinforcement of the yoke and sleeves, mending holes and tears, and all buttonholes were reworked. My plan this year is to remove the pokeball patch and do a more figural embroidery design with sashiko elements. Then doing a full lining of the back with some cool fabric I recently got.

I enjoy having longer term projects and I especially enjoy ones that I can wear.

[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.

[fashionsfromhistory]

Sashiko Jacket

1850-1899 (Meiji Era)

Japan

Sashiko is a quilting technique that uses a running stitch to reinforce and prolong the life of a textile or to join together recycled pieces of cloth into a new garment. Japanese farmers used the technique to create warmer and more durable fabrics, and decorative sashiko stitching developed from this practical function. This robe’s embroidered design is dominated by three variations on the pattern of interlocking circles, called shippō-tsunagi. The bottom band features a design of waves.

The MET (Accession Number: 67.172.1)