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

Hiya, I've got this hole in the shoulder of one of my favourite tshirts, it's quite big (don't want to risk stretching the material but think I would be able to get up to my knuckle on my first finger), it's just far enough away from the seam that I can't put a new seam in, and the t shirt is too thin to get away with a patch.

How do I mend this without taking away too much from the soft and flowy aesthetic of the shirt? I've never done any sort of embroidery before this, and would really appreciate recommendations on what to do/good youtube videos to follow. Would also appreciate any colour recs as the shirt is a mix of red/purple and idk what colours would look good 😅

If all goes well I have a few other clothes that could do with some mending/upcycling so advice on getting started in general would be wicked

Thank you!

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.

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?

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

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