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Mending Small Holes in a T-shirt

Mending Small Holes in a T-shirt

31 August 202229 August 2024Categories: mending and upcycling, sewingTags: darning, sewing, visible mending2 Comments on Mending Small Holes in a T-shirt

Mending a few small holes in one of my son’s t-shirts. I like this un-fussy result that you could make bold or subtle accord to your preferences.

Visible Mending of Woollens

Visible Mending of Woollens

15 February 201931 August 2022Categories: mending and upcycling, sewing, yarnTags: darning, visible mending2 Comments on Visible Mending of Woollens

I’ve been cheerfully darning and repairing lots of items this week. An ex-colleague of Mr Conkers, remembering the visible mending I’d done on one of his jumpers, asked if I could repair some woollens after an attack of clothes moths.

Mending and Lengthening Jeans

24 April 201715 February 2019Categories: mending and upcyclingTags: boro, darning, sashiko, upcycling, visible mending

Time for some more remedial work on my jeans! Here’s how I lengthened them, and some more visible mending.              

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