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#mending

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trashloveFixed a hole in a hoodie by first mending it roughly and then sewing a crochet flower on top of the mend.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/sewing?src=hash" title="#sewing" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sewing</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/mending?src=hash" title="#mending" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mending</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/applique?src=hash" title="#applique" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#applique</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/crochet?src=hash" title="#crochet" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crochet</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/stitching?src=hash" title="#stitching" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stitching</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/diy?src=hash" title="#diy" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#diy</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/handmade?src=hash" title="#handmade" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#handmade</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/queerartist?src=hash" title="#queerartist" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#queerartist</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/disabledartist?src=hash" title="#disabledartist" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disabledartist</a>
jendefer<p>Question for those who sew... I have some flannel pajama bottoms with an opening at the front that I want to close up. There is doubled-up cloth there, like where a zipper would go, but no zipper. </p><p>What type of stitch would you use to close this?</p><p>My mending is very un-trained and mostly visible sock darning or reattaching buttons. But this seems like there should be a proper stitch type to learn for sealing two overlapping flaps of cloth neatly.</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/sewing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sewing</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/stitching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stitching</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/mending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mending</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/diy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diy</span></a></p>
launshae<p>one year ago i was asked to participate in a crafters interview which didn’t get published. i was recently reminded of it as i remembered mentioning i was working on restoring a blanket.</p><p>thought i’d look it up today and decided to just publish it on my own, rounding it up with more thoughts on the blanket mending process.</p><p>fun fact! i discovered i submitted the interview and finished my blanket on the exact same day, one year apart!</p><p><a href="https://launshae.com/blog/an-interview-a-year-on-and-blankie/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">launshae.com/blog/an-interview</span><span class="invisible">-a-year-on-and-blankie/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kopiti.am/tags/sewing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sewing</span></a> <a href="https://kopiti.am/tags/crafts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crafts</span></a> <a href="https://kopiti.am/tags/mending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mending</span></a></p>
anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖<p>🧵By <a href="https://mas.to/tags/mending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mending</span></a> a cotton t-shirt instead of replacing it, you could help to save over 7.5kg in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CO2e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CO2e</span></a>. That would be equivalent to ironing for over 25 hours.</p><p>The days of being told that <a href="https://mas.to/tags/repair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>repair</span></a> isn't an important part of a garment's life cycle are gone. I hope this will also lead to a change in the way that repair is perceived in our society; as a skilled and valuable <a href="https://mas.to/tags/craft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>craft</span></a> that deserves to be invested in and as a powerful environmental and political act.</p><p>🪡🪡🪡</p>
anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖<p>Repairing Our Clothes 🧵</p><p>Thanks to the latest WRAP report (Feb 2025) we finally have some statistics about how choosing to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/repair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>repair</span></a> our <a href="https://mas.to/tags/clothes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clothes</span></a> and buying <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SecondHand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecondHand</span></a> is having an impact.</p><p>A few key points &gt;&gt;&gt;</p><p>🪡 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Repairing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Repairing</span></a> our clothes has been shown to displace the need for buying new items by 82%.</p><p>This shows that we’re placing value on the pieces already in our wardrobes, showing the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BigCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigCompanies</span></a> that we don’t want to keep replacing items,</p><p>🪡</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/WRAPreport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WRAPreport</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/mending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mending</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/repairing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>repairing</span></a></p>
Sini Tuulia<p>When you've mended the same threadbare but still serviceable thing so many times you need to do it colourful, for morale. Terrible photo, but I already put the damn thing away and can't be bothered to dig it up again! 😆 </p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Mending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mending</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/VisibleMending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VisibleMending</span></a></p>
Steven Hoefer<p>Anyone have a guide on how to identify well-made clothes? I was taught long ago, but I've forgotten the specifics and would not describe it well.</p><p>The reason I ask is that cheap clothes are usually much harder to mend. The allowances are small, there are no extra buttons, the materials barely hold a stitch, it all kind of wears out at once.</p><p>Better made stuff has enough *there* there to put it back together.</p><p>(Bernadette Banner's vid has been linked a number of times, thanks!)</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/sewing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sewing</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/mending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mending</span></a></p>
eladnarra<p>Question for more experienced/knowledgeable hand sewers — what's a good stitch for attaching a stretchy patch to a stretchy garment? I assume I need something with some elasticity, that can be worked around the edge of the patch. Thanks!</p><p><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/mending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mending</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/sewing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sewing</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/HandSewing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandSewing</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/stitches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stitches</span></a></p>
Alun Kirby<p>3. Home Sewing Is Killing Fashion </p><p>And it's illegal </p><p>I'm old enough to remember record inner sleeves with the industry slogan about home taping.</p><p>This is not my design, but I love both it and the sentiment.</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/sewing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sewing</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/mending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mending</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/fashion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fashion</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/homesewing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homesewing</span></a> </p><p>3/3 end</p>
Ann-Mi
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Patched my husband's jeans with some #sashiko style #mending.
I'm interested to see how it holds up in the laundry. Worst case, I'll get to try another type of stitch and see.
I have yet to rinse away the grid guidelines I drew onto it, but they will vanish in water.
I tried to choose a playful color and a pattern that isn't too flashy, but which also provides some strength.

The front of a jeans pocket, on which is a darker jeans patch with a stair-shapped pattern hand- embroidered with green thread.
Sini Tuulia
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And here's the octagonal patch, too. It supposedly puts less strain on the thinned material instead of the sharp points of a diamond or square patch... But most noticeably the corners are easier to control and won't feel as bulky.
Just cut a square, fold the edges, and then fold the corners and trim!

A top down photo showing a little fabric patch in an octagonal shape. Next to it are fabric scissors and one of the excess corners cut off on the desk, another corner has already been trimmed. It started out as a square, the edges were narrowly ironed down, then the corners of the square were also folded in, creating more angles. It's a little bit wonky, but illustrates the point well enough.
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Sini Tuulia
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Another one of my linen shifts has torn at the elbow! This one is about ten years old so it's not surprising, but at this rate I'll have patched elbows on all of them. 😄
Guess I'll try to fix this one in a quick enough way that I can still put it in the laundry today. Let's be good and do a diagonal patch, too.

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Sini Tuulia
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Quite some time and multiple distractions later: A sleeve, fixed! It's not pretty but it's no longer full of holes nor see-through in that specific bit. Good enough.

Three photos side by side of the sleeve of a white night shift or dress. It has a narrow cuff in the first and two photos, slightly unpicked in the middle one. In the first one there's a bunch of holes in the barely there fabric which is thin and worn enough to show the shadow of the hand holding it through it. In the second one there is the starting steps of the process, a large white linen patch being sewn on the reverse, a part of the cuff unpicked so the patch can be tucked under it. A needle and thread show it's being done by hand. The last photo the sleeve has been fixed and put back together. The holes have been summarily whipstitched down onto the patch, showing little ridges where the sewing thread secures the edges. It certainly looks patched up, but is also whole. Sini's hands with myriad silver rings holding onto the garment in all images.
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