I think it turned out pretty cute, but since it was my first time, do any more experienced menders have any tips?

I rolled the sleeves on this t-shirt up and stitched them down, but hated how it looked after a while, so snipped the stitches. I accidentally snipped the shirt sleeve in a couple spots when I did it, so I'm doing a series of little woven repairs. love this first one so much!

This sweater has been a terrible victim to moths. The first time fixing it I used invisible mending, took me ~30h. He, not knowing how to wash such garments put it in the washer at full velocity and many of the mending got damaged and undone. Many of the wholes became too big to fix invisibly so I went for some visible darning (20h this time, this method is faster). There is 10 other patches that aren't visible in the pictures. He is now advised on how to properly store and wash the sweater to keep it in good state.

In the name of practice, I gave mending this ripped teatowel a go. I didn't think I'd like how a patch would look and feel, and was worried it might catch and rip off on sharp objects, so went with darning with cotton. Any suggestions on a better approach?

The embroidery detail top left was quite fun, and I thought might make the mend feel bit more intentional- but, again- may catch on sharp objects?

Freehand darning - learned a lot between the first and the second one! Really happy with the result but kinda too scared to walk on them now 😄

The original artist is Kora and she slept on it the entire time I was doing this

A few weeks ago, I found a bag of destroyed clothing in a big box store dumpster. I was able to salvage some of the materials, but most were beyond repair. However, there was an oversized cardigan that seemed pretty cozy- I decided to try visible mending (it was free, after all!) I’ve repaired a few sweaters and pants before, but never anything of this scale. The thread was hand dyed in a fibers class I took in college a long time ago, and I figured this was as good a time as any to use some of it. The part you see with the truck (my son thought it would be a great spot for a drive) was pulled out and re-stitched since the embroidery hoop pulled the sweater too tight- it was definitely a learning experience! I’m planning on wearing it as an art/crafting/painting sweater, maybe adding a few more design elements in the future. We will see!

First attempt at darning a sock... Good edge and not so good edge.

I love the idea of those speed weave things, but before buying more craft stuff (with a high chance of ending up unused) wanted to try a basic darn first. I just held it over a silicone egg poacher which was not ideal, and didn't allow enough threads on one side, hence the messy edge + extra stitches. If I fix another couple of socks, I will allow myself to get a loom!

Hey guys, thought it would be nice to share this piece of art here, my grandmother practiced visible mending at school, in 1930. My mom keeps this in her treasure chest. 🥰

This is my first time with the darning methode, not really have the hang of it yet. But definitely try it again :)

I’ve been mending these socks for 5 years now and I simply refuse to give up on them.

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Just a little bit of Swiss darning. The color clashes much more in person. I like it.

The only way I can keep going when mending really threadbare socks that take a lot of time is to hop around using all the techniques lol. The real challenge (besides completion lol) is to get the texture/thickness uniform enough not to bother me. I really like how these turned out though. Quite visible 😂

Fixed up an unraveling seam on one of my work sweaters, super happy with it :]