10 year old bunny for reference to how she used to look. I used my favourite pyjama trousers that just completely fell apart a few years ago so she would still be cuddly. I'm extremely satisfied with how it turned out.

I had a small hole on my sweater, so I patched it by embroidering the star Vega over it (top right star), then embroidered the constellation Lyra (my kid's middle name).

My first time trying visible mending, and I love it so much, I'm about to do something similar to my black hoodie with 2 small holes in.

I got this vintage bentwood rocking chair at a charity shop a few years ago. Fell in love with the shape of it, got it for a song — and later found out it would have been worth a lot more in original condition! The chair is overall quite sturdy, but there is damage to the caning on the back. The purple upholstered seat is also a non-original element and I will be replacing it at some point.

For now, I’m looking for ideas to mend the caning. I know there are professionals who can do this, but I’d like to try something creative first. My hopes for the repair:

• it provides coverage and support to the caning to prevent poking and further damage (but does not need to support much body weight, due to the location of the damage)
• it is visually interesting in keeping with the overall design
• it can be removed without damage to the chair if I ever decide to get it professionally repaired

My skills include embroidery and knitting. I can do some basic sewing and weaving, and I’m willing to learn/practice a technique before putting my hand to this chair. I’d love to hear some ideas, and see examples if anyone here has done something similar. Thank you!

Hi everyone,

I know how to darn with a speed loom, but from what I understand hand darning is stronger because it's not just sitting on top of the hole?

Does anyone have a good video tutorial about how to hand darn?

I was getting a little too brazen with the de-piller on these wool gloves, and one thumb started fraying at the end like this. I want to learn how to stitch this up to keep it from fraying further, but I am a total beginner and don’t even know where to start searching for tutorials, or even what to call this repair.

Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks!

I mangled a fairly new t-shirt when I cut off the tags. I used bits of old t-shirts to patch over the cuts along with my Singer and my novice attempt at embroidery.

(I haven’t been sewing much these past few decades. I discovered, after the fact, that my machine was threaded incorrectly.)

Hey all, my iron is rather cheap and did this on one of my favorite dresses. 100% polyester. I was recommended to come to this subreddit. Please tell me if there's any hope to salvage it. I'm really sad about it, this dress has been with me literally across the continent, any suggestions are welcome.. :(

hi, I have a few Brooks Brothers dress shirts that have worn holes in the elbows. Anyone know where I can buy a nice looking elbow patches to fix? Or got any DIY ideas? I love BB shirts but this seems to be a defect.