#clothing repair

[cozypunkprints]

Finally got around to finishing this visible mending project from this fall.

#solarpunk #printmaking #punk patch #punk #diy fashion #blockprinting #punk patches #diy punk #patches #solarpunk fashion #eco fashion #visible mending #mending #clothing repair #sewing

[justalittlesolarpunk]

Visible Mending

My grandmother sews up the elbows of my shirt.

Patched and patterned, in garish colours

Outlandishly clear. A kind of cloth kintsugi, saying

This is not that which was here before.

Ostentatiously altered, openly repaired,

A virtue signal, I accept, but will not apologise for.

I walk the streets with solarpunk written on my arms.

Andrew sews up the flaps of my skin.

Carefully sutured, his steady hands

Bear a duty of care. These marks will scar and harden,

Swallow stitches and leave stretch-pleats.

Even when the scabs have fallen,

I stand with a form all fixed and modified,

A body I stayed with, laboured over,

Though I could have chosen to throw it out.

I stand before the mirror with trans written on my chest.

Lined and changed, my biohacked body

And rescued clothes speak prophecy to a future

As yet unnamed. I carry them both as a promise.

One on the other, endlessly whispering,

Visibly mended and always the proof

That redemption is worth the price.

I rub oil into my scars and ask

My grandmother to teach me how to sew.

#solarpunk #transgender #poetry #top surgery #visible mending #transmaculine #clothing repair #cottagepunk #genderpunk #nonbinary #whew this is a vulnerable post and I’m scared

[strawberrysalamanders]

Crochet Patching

from Mending Life: a Handbook for Repairing Clothes and Hearts by Nina and Sonya Montenegro

#crochet #crocheting #crocheting tutorial #clothing repair #visible mending #mending clothes #patches #reference

[ravelingbolero]

Improved a friend’s coat by adding belt loops. I’m glad I found such a good color match on the fabric!

#make good art #sewing #clothing repair #tailoring

[queer-ecopunk]

how did you first start visibly mending? do you have any resources or recommendations for someone looking to start learning how to do it? all of your stuff looks sick btw 🫡

Sorry I started answering this and then put in drafts and completely forgot about it🤙

I had seen some cool posts about mending and then found a hole in a pair of jeans and decided to try it!

There's a lot of awesome posts in the #visible mending, #clothing repair, #sashiko and #darning tags that can give you an idea of what kinds of mending interest you, and what types of repair might be most applicable to the damage/type of clothing you're working with. @wastelesscrafts has a lot of great resources for mending too!

If you're interested in visible mending, definitely think about the purpose of the repair, since that can influence what kinds of mending you might want to try. Do you want to close a hole? Fill it and make sure it doesn't get bigger? Stabilize and strengthen a weak bit of fabric, or keep it from fraying or unraveling? Different types of mends often lend themselves to different styles.

Usually I'm closing or filling in holes in flexible-ish fabric, so I tend to do a lot of patch + hand embroidery. There is a lot of versatility in terms of look and function! I recommend looking into sashiko, a Japanese style of embroidery that is great for mends and reinforcing fabric. Patches can also be done on a sewing machine, depending on the fabrics involved.

For some repairs, particularly on knitted fabrics and places where fabric patches might be awkward, darning is another great option. There are many techniques under the darning umbrella, but they typically consist of weaving with embroidery thread or yarn over a hole or worn fabric.

If you have any knitting experience or interest, there are lots of cool knit-repair (in)visible techniques, which are also concidered darning? I don't know that much about these because knitting does not agree with my brain, but they're a great option for certain types of clothes.

Overall, there's a wide variety of cool and useful techniques, depending on what you're repairing, what vibes you want, and what techniques are most accessible to you. Go nuts! And feel free to tag me if you post your mends!! I'd love to see them :)

#visible mending #mending #clothing repair #asks #anticonsumerism #reduce reuse recycle #mine

[zombiebluejay]

Visible mending once again because fuck fast fashion. Fast fashion is close to contributing as much to climate change as gas is so like, if you can please repair your clothes or pass them on to someone who can or buy used, it really does make a difference.

#lilah sew stuff #visible mending #clothing repair #mending

[jensownzoo]

First attempt at visible mending went well:

Got a used pair of 100% cotton jeans that fit in the waist, just needed serious hemming and a tear at the knee repaired.

Used a hank of multiple colors of embroidery floss (from a trashed cross-stitch kit) and a huge straight upholstery needle to affix an interior patch of old jean material with a nice sunset colored pattern. In retrospect should have trimmed the white frayed threads away first, but it turned out nice for a first attempt.

Also hemmed up 5 inches of the cuffs using green embroidery floss from the same hank. Am eventually planning on adding embroidered leaves and possibly flowers or bugs, but the jeans are in usable condition and I'm wearing them right now (and I need to start on the repair of all my other jeans so I have pants to wear, so not a priority).

#visible mending #sewing #clothing repair #jeans #embroidery

[thefloatingstone]

Fucking help 🫠

#clothes #clothing #mass effect #clothing repair

[katskrochet]

So my coworker asked I'd I could mend a tear in the crotch of his work pants and I was like.. well no. Cause while I do like to do fiber arts and have dabbled a very small bit in sewing (both hand and machine) it's not something I really have the supplies or experience to do.

But ofc this mf brings his pants in anyway. It's been like 3 weeks but I finally got around to buying some fusible web tape and hand stitched his seam

These pictures aren't the best cause it's midnight but like. Tell me I didn't kill this for my first time

And like yes I know you're supposed to match the color thread to the fabric but my coworker and I constantly screw with each other and I know he won't care, so I went with what I liked and ya boy likes neons.

PLUS I DID SO GOOD ITS NOT LIKE ANYONES GONNA SEE IT ANYWAY RIGHT

I did not remotely want to repair these pants but I did and I'm literally so proud of myself rn.

#clothing mending #mending clothes #hand sewing #clothing repair #uhh idk what else to tag #hand sew #hand sewn

[cozypunkprints]

A collection of most of the hand-darned mending I’ve done in the past year or so.

#solarpunk #diy fashion #patches #visible mending #mending #darning #fiber art #eco fashion #sustainable fashion #sewing #slow fashion #thrifting #clothing repair

[improbable-implosions]

I haven't been posting about this here, but I've been doing a good deal of visible mending, figured now is a good time to start posting!

Up first, we've got a little sashiko! It's no secret these comfy elastic-fibered jeans have trouble holding up to anything beyond basic wear, so I threw a (loosely adapted) yarai pattern on these jeans to get them holding together longer!

This being my first pass at sashiko, it's far from my best work (I get better later, as you'll see soonventually) but I still find it quite charming, if I'm honest! These jeans would have been toast if I hadn't put this patch on, and the sashiko technique here reinforces a weak spot quite nicely, so my thighs don't absolutely wreck these jeans quite so quickly.

#visible mending #sashiko #solarpunk #clothing repair #denim #actual blogging? on my tumblog? it's more likely than you think! #sashiko yarai #(well sort of) #(i didn't transfer the pattern very well ^^;) #queue.queue #a thousand words #sproutleboople #glacier's blitherblather #nesterian lifestylings #(yes that's a new tag! I'll be using it for stuff from my own life i wanna show off that isn't my Content^tm)

[strawberrysalamanders]

Sashiko Stars and Fireworks

from Mending Life: a Handbook for Repairing Clothes and Hearts by Nina and Sonya Montenegro

#sashiko #stitching #patches #sewing #handsewing #clothing repair #reference #visible mending #sashiko stars #sashiko fireworks #sashiko open flowers

[dumpster-divers-unite]

Whoever on here said that work pants aren’t even made to last no more; you are 10^100% right. I just discovered that I have a 2+ inch big hole on my pants along with another parallel to it bc my thighs are mighty. I am able to fix damn near everything cloth related but

my work pants getting holes when they are under a year old is

unacceptable.

#recycled words #planned obsolescence #clothing repair #dumpster stories #reduce reuse recycle #clothing waste #textile waste #work pants #enshittification

[littlefluffbutt]

Talk about a bodice ripper!

I had Peaches and cream Barbie as a kid so was excited when I spotted the skirt in the bag of clothes I bought.... then I saw the bodice. O.o I figured I'd try to fix it figuring I could always salvage the skirt if I failed.

Some fabric glue, a used dryer sheet and some time and it looks much better! There is a small area of damage at the top; it's frustrating as it looked like it would be flush but there's a teeny bit missing there. Also had to glue a small section on the bottom to the skirt as that part of the bodice was missing and it was easier than sewing.

All in all not perfect but I'm happy with it:)

#Clothing repair #Doll dress #Peaches n cream Barbie

[queer-ecopunk]

Got a cute jacket for cheap due to the giant holes on the inside armpits

The fix might not be the most beautiful, but it's hidden and it works!

#mending #diy #anticonsumerism #mine #invisible repair #clothing repair #thrifting

[theforesteldritch]

Okay so: here is a post for how to patch jeans because it’s awesome and cheaper and more sustainable than buying new jeans because it makes your jeans last way longer. And when you have an awesome pair of jeans that fit just right you really want to keep your jeans for longer. Also it looks cool. And it’s a pretty easy repair to do. Anyways.

Disclaimer I am not a sewing expert and this is just what works for me. This method only really works for the legs (usually knees because that’s what wears out the fastest usually), I don’t know how to patch the butt without making it look and feel weird.

A sewing machine works best for this but hand sewing should work too, it’ll just take longer and you’ll need to make sure you have good, small even stitches.

Cut a piece of fabric a couple centimetres wider than the hole you want to patch. A big rectangle is usually best even for a circle hole because it’s easier. The exact measurements don’t really matter it just has to be bigger than the hole and have room for hemming. It can be anything, but if you want to make the repair not too conspicuous take some denim of the same colour. You can cut fabric from old clothes that are no longer fixable or you can buy a bit from a fabric store.

Take a little bit of the fabric at the edge of your patch, fold it over and sew around the patch like that. This is called hemming and will prevent the patch from fraying and eventually even falling out of the stitches if the fraying gets bad enough.

Turn your pants inside out, flatten the leg you’re working on on a flat surface and place the patch, making sure to keep it as flat and even with the pants as possible. Pin the patch down, turn your pants back the right way to make sure it looks okay, adjust if needed, then turn them back inside out. If it’s the knee of the pants it’s usually fine to give a bit of extra room because it will bend with your knee.

Pick your thread colour. If you want it to blend in with the denim, pick a light gray for light blue jeans, a medium ish blue for regular blue jeans and a dark gray or black for black jeans.

Sew the edges of your patch to the pants. It’s really important to try to not sew the two sides of your pants together, so try to avoid it, but if it does happen you can just pick the stitches out and try again. Do this all around the patch.

Turn your pants back right side out. The edges of the patch are now attached to the pants, but the hole in the middle is still a fraying hole. Sew the edges just outside of where it frays to the patch.

If you want to be super extra certain of the strength, repeat the stitches in steps 5 and 6 two or more times.

If you want to, cut the frayed fabric away from the former hole in the pants.

And boom you now have patched your jeans!

#jeans #clothing repair #sewing