#visible mending

[kieraoonadiy]

@theshitpostcalligrapher has been learning so much about all things sewing in the process! I think it'll turn out fantastic once its all done!

shoutout to the Look tm on the face of the proprietress of the local fabric depot in response to me wandering my ass in there like "Hi! I only need a little bit of lining fabric to patch the inside of my coat. It's a little old haha I got it in 2014"

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I have thus purchased enough fabric to replace the wholeass lining.

[heavymead0w]

Forever finding new holes in my mom's favorite sweater

[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]

[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!!!?!!!

[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.

[monstera-tea]

symbiosis

some visible mending I did on an old flannel recently! this was fun but took me so long to convince myself to do, Im very happy with how its come out though. The lichens are oak moss, bloodstain lichen, a third thats very common in texas but i forgot the name of, and then some lovely little algae (i love algae in theory but hate it in eutrophication ;v;)

[neunian]

Was looking through my photos and found this jean patch I did a couple years ago :)

[thehaberdasheress]

AT LAAAAAST

I've been thrifting as a habit for years now and finally found my white whale: a leafy-mossy-green wool spring jacket. It's 40% wool and was $9.99 at Value Village.

I can see why it got discarded, by modern standards; the fabric was pilling, it had gotten grubby but was dry-clean only, and a few little wear spots had appeared in the fabric

If only this coat could find an owner... with a bunch of spring-themed visible mending patches to test......

Who'd recently bought an embroidery floss pack with slightly desaturated jewel tones Alphonse Mucha would love that suited it perfectly....

Hm. Well then.

I'll keep you updated on any progress!

[heavymead0w]

A friend commissioned me to patch their grandpa's old Carhartt jacket <33

[tempered-grace]

More mends on the pair of climbing pants I was talking about! The first one is across the ass bc there was a hole there and the pocket seam was coming apart. The two others are in the front, along the seams of the knee reinforcement since those were ALSO falling apart!

Super proud of how they turned out, but eternally disappointed that REI brand pants have this much wear after less than one year of use. Ah well. At least they look cool now

[cuties-in-codices]

more medieval manuscript repairs

all from a miscellany containg thomas de chabham's "summa poenitentialis", southern germany (?), first half of the 13th c.

source: Basel, Universitätsbibl., B X 1, fol. 56r, 67r, and 71r

[druggeddraccus]

finished the pants!!