r/Visiblemending • u/Forward_Frosting_888 • Jan 31 '25
EMBROIDERY First time mending
Well just learned yesterday what visible mending was when looking for ideas on patching up my my favorite sweatshirt and was inspired seeing all the work on this community. Spent couple of hours on this, prob my greatest focus block moment in recent times, felt like a meditation and a half. Hopefully this stays gonna work more on this.
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u/SecretCartographer28 Jan 31 '25
One of us! 😍 Check out blanket stitches, small one are great for cuffs. And sock tops make fun replacements. 🖖
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u/4wayStopEnforcement Jan 31 '25
Nice! Welcome to the community. Slow stitching and mending is very meditative and calming.
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u/EmuFirm5536 Feb 01 '25
Looks great! What is this technique called? I have some hoodies with cuffs that need this treatment but I have no idea where to start.
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u/Forward_Frosting_888 Feb 01 '25
no clue, literally started yesterday from same place as you. Looked at threads within this com and some videos. But mainly this sewing video and then just went at it. Thought I could learning by doing. Plus these are my everyday wear in house hoodie so didn't care about how it turned out design wise just wanted it to hold structurally, had an idea myself of how I might go about it. Happy about how it turned out atm. Im working on the other cuff now getting faster at it. Try it twas a really fun activity!
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u/Forward_Frosting_888 Feb 01 '25
it seems i did a bit of blanket stitching at first to get them to the ripped ends together, then went over under while keeping each string tightly aligned next to each other.
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u/Ok-Football6675 Feb 01 '25
It certainly looks as if it is going to last, nicely done for a first attempt.
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u/hopping_otter_ears Feb 01 '25
I like it. Hope it holds up better than the original cuff
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u/Forward_Frosting_888 Feb 01 '25
i went over them again to make sure, idk how it will be after washing em
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u/SybilBits Jan 31 '25
I love how colourful this mend is!
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u/Forward_Frosting_888 Feb 01 '25
ty, not a color person but for mends i prefer em, doing green and pink for the other cuffs lol
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u/manicmender76 Jan 31 '25
Yes, mending is very meditative. Looks great for being your first time.