This was originally part of a costume (I was playing a tree in a LARP game/party thing), but after that I ended up wearing it just because. After a while the armpit area became bleached from deodorant I was using that had baking soda in it (it also bleached my armpit hair LOL, as I realized at some point it was starting to look orange so I stopped using it). So I decided to add the embroidery as a way to cover up and distract from the bleaching.

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I will add that figuring out how the material behaves took a while, I used an embroidery hoop but the material is very stretchy and sheer. So it was pulling a lot and took a lot of patience in learning how the material responded and worked but I persevered and it worked out. Just a warning if you will work with similar material it takes time understanding how it pulls and so on.

Read about sashiko and thought I’d have a go - I wish I’d used something more visible for the patch now - my mum had the idea to use kitchen roll as a template pattern!

Mended my partners coat and pants

One of the tiny plastic pivots sheared off the side guards on my torch glasses, so i did the only reasonable thing and drilled a tiny hole and used some 0.065" filler rod to make a tiny rivet and very carefully peened it into place. Now my favorite torching glasses work again and are just that tiny bit cooler for it. HOORAY!

used a scrap of denim left over from another project + 100% cotton sashiko thread. pleasantly surprised by how much I like the way the gradient thread looked with this repair

Hello! Just wanted to share my latest mend!

My backpack handle(?) was starting to open up and I didn’t think of a better way to restore than using patches.

So I used some leftover jeans (bc it’s a high stress area and jeans are usually durable) and did stitches in the middle (in yellow to make a “starry night”) and blanket stitches all around the patch with the same jeans color, to try to make the jeans fray a little less.

Very happy with the result!

I shortened the sleeves and mended the holes!

I have stainless steel chain and findings from previous projects so I decided to fix the long busted "hinge" of my sugar container by trimming it and adding the chain.

First time darning, messy as hell but im so happy :3

everytime I wash a garment that has embroidery mends on it, the mend gets all fuzzy and not as nice looking. Is this because I’m not using a backing? or just the result of washing? I’m not going to start handwashing so I want to be realistic. any ideas?

I tried to colour match the edge using two shades, one lighter and one darker.
I’m really happy with how it turned out

I can't imagine anything to mend this and not look awkward because of where the rip is, can anybody give me ideas to mend it?

Here’s my tacky visible mending of a crotch hole. I tried to do Sashiko mending but it didn’t turn out too well because of the frayed areas. So I covered it with some jean patches

1 down, only 20 or so to go 😅

Couldn't match the old, fraying fabric so I leaned into the hole with some coordinating vintage fabric and contrasting embroidery floss. Not the most even blanket stitch I've ever done but the fabric was really not that cooperative. 😂

How would you go about fixing this? Will I need a patch for underneath it? Sorry if this isn't allowed. They are work jeans so looks dont really matter

Hi all !

First time joining the community.
I have been mending these jeans over 3 years of wear. I just finished the swirly guys yesterday tho...that took everything out of me tbh.

Let me know how i can improve and any suggestions on mending the back pocket?
last slide is from when i bought the jeans.

Only my second attempt at a sashiko kind of stitch. I'm wondering whether I should - over the top - add a bit of what I think would be referred to as an 'overcast' or a zig-zag stitch directly over the rip just to reinforce the frayed edges?

I always forget to take pictures of my visible mends and then realized I was wearing one I could share

I am heartbroken. This cashmere sweater got thrown into the general laundry pile and my family ran it anyways. Now it is essentially a felted sweater with a torn neckline when I tried to stretch it back out. Any way to fix the neck?

These trousers ripped down the the back pocket! my first repair with embeoidery thread failed rather quickly so i changed tactic and have renforced them with a patch and machine sewing (blue and white patch is hidden on the inside) it's not neat but i kinda like that

I'm not new to mending - both visible and invisible - but weirdly enough it's the first time I get to repair the elbow of a flannel (or any other elbow lol). What's the best approach here? Do I patch the whole square or do I darn going with the same twill weave? I'd love your input, both about durability/flexibility and the sensory aspect of it. Hole is about 1inch/2,5cm in diameter