#visible mending

[slowstitchclub]

The response to these jumper cuff repairs has been so wonderful. I know visible mending isn’t for everyone, but I think that picking out colours from the rest of the jumper for a more subtle finish has made the idea of a visible repair way more appealing. I guess this is just a reminder to say, visible mending can take whatever form you want it to!

[magnificent-buckless-butt]

Also the "Oh, I'll just mend this tiny hole" to "wtf do half my pants suddenly need a huge repair in the same area?" pipeline too

the 'ah fuck my jeans got a hole in them, i guess i'll patch them up' to 'i need to customise every piece of clothing i own' pipeline is very real and i'm going down it like it's a waterslide

[thehaberdasheress]

Okay! I'm home from vacation, and back in the workshop! Meaning:

I have all the materials for 20 new Sewing Kits, so they're back in stock!

For the rest of the month, my default sale on embroidery patterns will be 30% off.

Special theme for April: Cross stitch! In addition to 🦞the Hungarian freshwater crustacean sensation 🦞 and my 💕✨🦋patch theme pack, I have at least a dozen more cross-stitch borders to boot out the door.

These new borders are mostly taken from 16th century European embroidery manuals, though I've cleaned them up and given them a bit of marketing gloss. The new ones so far include:

Mallorn Branches - a striking and sizeable pattern of leaves and nuts

Elegant Scroll - Simple and quick to stitch up, but undeniably stylish

Elegant Vine - The classic series of alternating spirals popular the world over

Hearts Forever - It was alternating in the Renaissance version, but you could also just stitch the ones pointing up for simplicity.

[themysterykat]

More visible mending/reinforcing thin fabric for practice. Love how even I got the left "bubble"

[things-from-strings]

current state of my work pants 🩸

[deezknits]

visible mending by me

@bridgetcl on ig

[martha-anne]

Replacement sleeve: complete. Room for improvement on the hem, but otherwise a successful fix.

Repair Job

I have a wonderful wool jumper which was passed to me secondhand by a relative.

I wear it a lot and repair it a lot.

Recently the sleeve got burned whilst I was cooking. An item this loved is worth repairing, but how?

My plan is to cut the sleeve off above the burn, pick up stitches, and re-knit it in a different yarn. First, though, I need to figure out how to match the gauge. Catch me knitting swatches this afternoon.

[swallowsummer]

Stages of a boro mend with cotton perle thread, using a denim patch on corduroy trousers. I was able to use the ridges of the corduroy to align the vertical columns of stitches.

[heavymead0w]

Forever finding new holes in my mom's favorite sweater

[africanmorning]

[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

[wordsformurder]

Rainbow sock yarn mend in a pair of jeans. This pair of jeans has been through it, this is the.... fifth mend on it.

Fingers crossed that the sock yarn acts similar to the denim, which is my hope. The last patch in this hole didn't stretch the way the denim did and looked really off.

[thehaberdasheress]

TFW you're a small Canadian business and the country 90% of your customers live in just made exporting to them way harder 🙃 so you have to change your tactics up a bit

Now at my Etsy shop

I sell stick-and-stitch embroidery patterns that are extremely easy to follow. They're taken from medieval and 16th century embroidery, or designed by me. They can mend patches in your jeans, decorate your clothes, or help you build a new costume. Then when you're done, just wash the pattern away!

This is the biggest discount sale I've done yet. It runs until April 1!

[themysterykat]

Visible mend of an L-shaped rip in a sheet, for sewing practice :)

[headedoutleft]

latest bit of visible mending on my denim shirt of theseus to reinforce a worn pocket corner. it doesn’t look very neat because i just got some perle cotton thread and wanted to mess around with it, but whatever! better than it ripping through!