Decorative mending embroidery

Practical Embroidery : Hand embroidery for mending. Decorative mending techniques and stitches : Embroidery for mending

Visible mending has been growing in popularity over the past few years. Who doesn't enjoy being able to repair a garment they love to give it a new life?! A someone who dislikes clothes shopping, I am all for making the clothes I have last as long as possible. Not only does visible mending renew your clothes, it also give them a fresh new look.

Mending engages us with our clothing. You will learn so much about quality, fiber, drape, structure, and sustainability by mending your garments by patching them!

Introduction: An hour or two after I put up the last post on mending, I got a phone call from New York. My friend Alice is a retired textile conservator. We were good friends when I lived in the We…

So let's see where we ended up. First the sleeve. Then the shoulder. Then the front. I love it. Totally couldn't be happier. I'm actually considering doing this

Learn how to fix your clothes in a unique and fun way with our visible mending tutorial. Start upcycling your wardrobe with Gathered.

Using elements of sashiko and embroidery in her visible mending, Erin Eggenburg shares clothing repair tutorials of how to extend the life of what you wear with simple mending techniques.

Embroidery is a great way to personalize your clothes, but you can also mend and repair holes with embroidery using this video tutorial

Learn simple embroidery techniques to mend well-loved and worn clothing that are both practical and beautiful! With a beginner-friendly running stitch, we’ll explore three visible mending techniques, including sashiko mending, appliqué mending and patchwork-inspired mending. These playful mending skills use Dual Duty XP All Purpose Thread and Coats & Clark Embroidery Floss.

Finish your hand embroidery piece with edge stitching with this tutorial. This sewing technique is a beautiful way to display your art.

Creative visible mending projects, darning and Swiss daring, and creative mending techniques.

Working in the style of Japanese Boro mending with upcycled patches, I created a large visible mend that becomes the focal point of this thrifted denim shirt, thereby highlighting its age, worn nat…

Visible mending knitwear: knitted mending methods, Tools and materials, Benefits, Inspiration and Resources. All you need to start mending!

Find out How to Mend Knitwear with 5 top tips from Flora Collingwood-Norris. Get easy to follow advice on how to creatively mend your clothes.

Is there anything cooler than personalizing your clothes with your own needlework? Probably not. When I first set out to start decorating my clothing I was very overwhelmed with all of the different options for making patches. I got a little stuck trying to learn how to do it the "right way" before just diving in and

Here are 9 of my go-to hand embroidery stitches for filling in spaces, step-by-step instructions, and examples.