Visible mending techniques

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.

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

Learn how to mend clothing with these creative sewing techniques. Here, we cover how to sew a hole, mend a seam, and more with visible mending.

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…

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.

Visible Mending

Visible mending of some very tattered jeans, using embroidery floss.

I bought a jean jacket for a denim painting workshop I took, but the jacket was extremely weathered and torn--to the extent that my hanger kept poking through t…

Arounna Khounnoraj on Instagram: "I would normally mend this hole by patching, but decided on using a weave mend. Normally you will see this technique used on knitwear, but it works for small holes on wovens too. John’s shirts are sometimes hard to stitch because there’s always bits of dried glue from his wood working. I think holes should be celebrated so I make them visible 😄👍🏼 I used sashiko thread and when you first try a weave mend try to space out the warp because it will make it…

Advice for visible mending, including how to make sure you're using the right needle, how to choose colours for visible mending, and how to know if a garment or darning yarn will be durable. This is one of several blogs answering your mending and knitwear repair questions

Authentic Boro is an historical textile art, but its techniques are plenty relevant today. Here's info and ideas for making your own boro-inspired art.

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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…

Darning used to be the practise of mending a hole in a garment by carefully stitching colour matching interwoven yarns across each other so that the darning blended into the fabric and becomes almost invisible. ⁣ ⁣ I have recently come across the concept of 'visible mending'. A creative and interesting way of mending clothing. The resulting artwork can make you fall in love with an item of clothing again, wearing your beautiful darn as a badge of honour and extending the life of your…