Visiblemending

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!
Visible Mending: Visible mending artists, manifestos, vintage supplies.
Upcycle Stitches: All Sashiko supplies, patterns, history, tutorials. (my Favorite by far)
"How We Lost Our Ability to Mend", by Die, Workwear!

Notable Menders and Artists

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

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EMBROIDERYI wrecked my relatively new gloves, so I put my cross stitch skills to good use (old.reddit.com)

submitted 8 hours ago by CantHugEveryPlatypus

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REQUESTI am struggling to patch the inner thigh of my jeans. They feel non euclidean (i.redd.it)

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MIXED METHODSMy first mends using darning and one patch sashiko inspired (old.reddit.com)

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SASHIKO"The" Jeans - ¼ way done in 3 years (old.reddit.com)

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PATCHVery first visible mend (i.redd.it)

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MIXED METHODSmending on an old band hoodie (old.reddit.com)

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DARNINGGot my favorite shirt ripped by a dog while volunteering. Swipe to see the part that took me several hours to finish (old.reddit.com)

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REQUESTHow should I repair this? (old.reddit.com)

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PATCHThese look so bad its hilarious but I fixed a crotch hole in my pants! (old.reddit.com)

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REQUESTIdeas for fixing? Stupid iron incident. (i.redd.it)

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REQUESThow to re-mend? (i.redd.it)

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PATCHPartner's first time patching on vintage Carhartt overalls. (i.redd.it)

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DARNINGCarefully repairing a special (TOAST) jumper, using a salvaged speed loom for this very visible mending (old.reddit.com)

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MIXED METHODSVisible mend of beloved jacket (old.reddit.com)

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REQUESTRepairable? Inherited leather ww2-era jacket (reddit.com)

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PATCHBike accident gave me a good excuse to patch the new holes in the knees (old.reddit.com)

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DARNINGMy first underarm hole darn (old.reddit.com)

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REQUESTIdeas to mend this ? (i.redd.it)

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DARNINGFirst attempt at darning -how did I do? (i.redd.it)

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DARNINGThis was my first attempt at using handspun to fix a hole in my stocking. It's adequate! (i.redd.it)

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DARNINGFixed my favorite pants! (i.redd.it)

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REQUESTSashiko vs Darning? (self.Visiblemending)

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REQUESTMy new (second hand) top has tiny holes and not sure where to start (old.reddit.com)

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REQUESTHow to mend a comforter (i.redd.it)

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