I wrote a post here a week ago asking for advice on how to fix this and received a brilliant suggestion, which was felting some wool of the same shade into the holes. However i got a bit impatient while i was waiting for the materials to be shipped and decide to try a different method. What i did was using a simple needle to take out the fibers from the underneath layer. I was NOT expecting it to turn out so good! The coat had dozens of these holes, this morning i can’t even spot them easily to take a pic. That’s the happiest i have felt this autumn for sure, especially since i’m not a professional and i was already getting anxious at the thought of paying a lot of money to fix them all. Thanks to the people who instructed me on how to kill all the eggs too. Can’t wait to start wearing it 🥰

p.s: sorry for the cat hair

I made this sweater last year and recently noticed a hole in the sleeve. I think it was due to a variation in the thickness of the yarn. Anyway, very nerve racking to try this knowing I could make it worse! I think the Vs need a little tweaking but I think it will do.

Fixed some jeans for a friend. Little did they n know it was the first time I’ve fixed jeans while trying to make it invisible!

Used some fusible interfacing on a thicker piece of similar color cotton, because I couldn’t find donor jeans. I stitched around the outline to tack it into place, before doing the actual stitching. Started out doing 2 different thread colors, but ended up doing most of it with the lighter color. Jeans will fade with washing so I went with lighter instead of darker - I usually use darker thread for most mends.

When mending jeans, remember to stitch up and down, and also along the diagonal, to blend in with the existing pattern. At first I tried to do this with minimal stitching, but found it blended better the more stitching I did. Then I just kinda went nuts going back and forth over and over. I trimmed away the excess patching fabric. And I’m hoping it won’t be too noticeable sensory-wise!

It's not completely invisible up close but it's also not noticed when worn and is holding up well! I used a lightweight fusible interface on the back to secure it. Next time I need better magnifying tools to line up the threads.

Hoop is 4 inches for reference 🤓

Last Christmas, a friend gave me their sweater that needed two holes mended. I bought two dollar store pet brushes and started blending little rolags to spin on my drop spindle. I made about five different yarns before settling on the closest match. It’s not perfect, the mend is more vibrant than the main yarn, but the recipient is pleased and so am I!

So a mysterious stain appeared on the front of my favorite dress! Luckily, I had some fabric left over from when I made alterations to this dress last year (it had a ruffly bit on the hem that I removed) so I figured I could cover it!

I gave up on trying to match the pattern exactly, because it quickly became apparent that would be basically impossible. So I just tried to get the patch to blend in with its surroundings as best I could. I stitched it in place with a single strand of embroidery thread, applied some fray-block to the edges just to be safe, and voila! Super unnoticeable. This is my first time doing such a big mend and I'm really happy it turned out okay!

Hello again lovely invisible mending folks!!

I wanted to update you on my thrifted corduroy pants. The mend is definitely not perfect but I'll take it for my beginner mending skill set. The color match is much better in person but on camera it doesn't quite look the same.

Thank you so much to everyone who gave me ideas and encouragement! I'm very happy with the results!

It's not that clean but it's a small hole

I recently bought a denim shirt from Dickies and removed the tag/patch on the front. I didn’t realize how mismatched the color was until I had already gotten about halfway done with the seam ripper and didn’t have any means of sewing it back on right away so I just took it all the way off.

Is there is some way to fade that small area of fabric to match the rest of the shirt? Worst case scenario, I’ll just buy a different patch to cover it up with, but I do prefer the plain look for this so I figured I’d give it a shot.

Side note, not sure if this is the right place for this, if not please point me in the right direction. Thanks!