/r/Visiblemending
A home for those who add artistic flair to repair work.
A lot of time, care, and resources go into the creation of everyday items, especially the clothes we wear. Mending honors and celebrates all of that by extending the usable life of items, rather than just throwing them away and replacing them. Visible mending combines the repair process with creative expression. This is a place to share your visible mending projects, or learn and gather ideas for visible mending.
Upcycling, zero waste fashion, secondhand projects, etc., do not automatically belong here, they must prominently feature visible mending.
Mends do not need to be expressly "Visible", but consider if it would be more appropriate in the dedicated subreddit for r/InvisibleMending.
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Links to Mending Information and Inspiration:
We have a new FAQ/wiki!
https://visiblemending.com : Visible mending artists, manifestos, vintage supplies.
https://upcyclestitches.com : All Sashiko supplies, patterns, history, tutorials. (my Favorite by far)
FailScout is the place to go to learn about how products break and find fixes for common product failures.
Notable Menders and Artists
Tom Van Deijnan, a UK based mender and knitter, "the Visible Mending Programme"
Katrina Rodabaugh, Fiber artist/Slow Fashion advocacy, mender, Author of "Mending Matters"
Jessica Marquez Is a professional sashiko style mender and fiber artist, author of Make + Mend
Claire Wellesley-Smith, UK based Fiber Arts and Slow textile art advocacy
Lindzeanne in Tokyo Japan, functional textile art, Boro-inspired, reclaimed materials.
Subreddit Banner: "Sashiko - By Saian 彩庵" CC BY-SA 4.0 Cédric Vanvelthem
/r/Visiblemending
Hello! I recently patched my favorite jeans after the oh so typical tearing at the thighs. But it's a bit more visible in the back then I'd like. I've already done some repair work on the front and have embroidered some little stars around and on some rips around the knees. These jeans are sort of a compilation of little details and aesthetics I like and I was hoping to get some advice on how best to blend in this mend and make it look good while still being visible. Some of the aesthetics I like are things like cottage core, celestial, witchy, Gothic, woodsy, fair core, mushrooms, etc. I'm open to any suggestions regardless of method!
Very cool texture, kind of reminds me of scales
I’ve had this hoodie for about 7 years now, it is such a comfort piece for me.
However in its first years I was young and would chew parts of it out of stress (the hoodie strings are gone and completely chewed thru one of then so much that it is unraveling the individual threads lol) the pictured parts being one them.
It’s recently started to fully unravel and I was wondering if there’s any way to mend it. I really wanna get as much life out of this hoodie as I can.
Sorry if the flair is wrong, I’ve never posted here before :d
But I love patches. First over bleach stains, then more just because.
I've had a hole in that pocket for about a year now. I tried sewing it shut normally and the wool didn't like it. Fingers crossed this will work!!
My first go at darning a sock! Took me way longer than I anticipated… I’d love constructive criticism and to be pointed in the direction of some better instructional information, if you have it. TIA!!
My dog mistook my husband's shoes for a chew toy. The shoes were a Christmas gift and my hubby is a big fan of them. Just wondering if anyone as suggestions of how that can be repaired?
The tag says they're leather exterior with a fabric lining inside. It's thin leather though. Rubber soles.
Only talking about the white iron mark. Its damp in this picture so the darker stain you see is just water.
Someone is selling these usually very expensive pants for a low price and I’m wondering if this is fixable. She said it happened while ironing them.
Would black fabric dye be able to fix this?