Sashiko on kid's pants

[u/sharla_la]

My 4yo thinks he's a forward for Real Madrid and is constantly doing knee slides. He's worn out the left knee on most of his school pants so I did some sashiko this week to get us through the rest of the school year. His favourite colour is "rainbow" so I was excited to find the multi sashiko thread lol. This was my first time doing sashiko (though I do have other embroidery experience) and it was very satisfying!

[u/UpperWeft]

Beautiful! I love when kids say their favorite color is "rainbow". Me too kid!

[u/sharla_la → u/UpperWeft]

Agreed!!

[u/Mimble75]

These are BEAUTIFUL mends!! I love the rainbow thread and designs! Nice work! 😊🌈

[u/sharla_la → u/Mimble75]

Thank you 💕✨

[u/Swampland_Flowers]

Beautiful! I love mending kids’ clothes!

[u/sharla_la → u/Swampland_Flowers]

It was great!!! He was so excited too. HOWEVER I'm a little worried that he'll snap the threads after a couple of days of play/knee slides (after all that work of mending)... we'll see!

[u/Swampland_Flowers → u/sharla_la]

Ya, my kids do kind of tear through sashiko patches a bit. I’ve had a little more luck with the durability of darned patches.

[u/shirlz]

Beautiful! I gave up trying to mend my kids' pants. They just tear a new hole around the mend 😭

[u/sharla_la → u/shirlz]

I have a feeling this is going to happen here 😬 oh well, at least I have the photos!

[u/PaperOptimist]

Baller. Love a (mis)matched set.

[u/graphitinia]

I love these!

[u/Uafoto]

After embroidery, the pants have turned into works of art. (This is why I love handicrafts.)

[u/CanadaWatered]

Beautiful colors and designs! I like the arches and circle swirls. Inspiring.

[u/Expert-Lead4588]

Wow super job. Love the colors

[u/supershinythings]

I like that the pants are indigo, the original color sashiko was meant to fix - the contrast of your color choices against the indigo is adorable.

[u/895145]

So awesome!

[u/Friendly_Shelter_625]

This looks amazing but why do the pants look black in the first photo? Is this some kind of blue vs white dress situation?

[u/sharla_la → u/Friendly_Shelter_625]

Yes, the first photo was taken in the evening, so it's ceiling lights on my white counter vs sunlight on wood floor. The sunlight photos are more true to life fwiw

[u/Friendly_Shelter_625 → u/sharla_la]

ty!

[u/ThatLastTurnHome]

These are great! Did you use the same variegated thread throughout the two on the right or did you switch colors as you went along/use different colors for different stitches?

[u/sharla_la → u/ThatLastTurnHome]

I used the same variegated thread throughout those two, though I would sometimes be purposeful when starting a new length of thread and switch it up a bit if I felt like one colour was getting used a lot.

[u/ThatLastTurnHome → u/sharla_la]

Thanks!

[u/jelycazi]

These look fabulous!