r/Visiblemending • u/kodiakjade • Dec 12 '24

EMBROIDERY Anyone else low-key hate visible mending?

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Like, the process of it. I love it, conceptually, I reject fast fashion, etc so forth but when I’m actually fixing a hole in a thing I end up cursing the thread knots, wondering why it doesn’t just LoOk LiKe ThE tIcToK and then think about all the other things I could be doing other than fixing stupid holes in my clothes. Avoiding mending to begin with has made me way more mindful about washing and wearing things, that’s for sure.

Anyway, here is my chaos pentagram that ended up looking like a cute little star (it was way more witchy in my head). Not really looking for tips, except in attitude adjustments I guess.

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u/QuietVariety6089 Dec 12 '24

Like anything else on tiktok, if you're not a pro, you're going to have to put in some work to get comparable results - I think in some cases it's harder to do a nice visible mend than to do one that just fixes something or blends in...I've been working on those funky tri-colour woven darns for at least a year and am finally making some I like.

I'm a big fan of the idea of mending, but sometimes I think the holes look better than some mends I see...

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u/Frosty-Willow2770 Dec 12 '24

I completely agree. I like visible mending in theory. But it always ends up looking wonky when I try. So I prefer to match the colours as much as possible. That way I can both practise the techniques and it‘s also not quite as visible as it could be.