Introduction: An hour or two after I put up the last post on mending, I got a phone call from New York. My friend Alice is a retired textile conservator. We were good friends when I lived in the We…

Today we will introduce an example of how to repair a scratch on a plain jacket by kaketsugi it up! It is easy to insert the thread in the wrong place...

What you need to know before mending your clothing.

Following on from my experiments in patching here and EcoThrifty’s slow fashion challenge, I decided to tackle the 3 pairs of jeans with holes in the knees. I knew I’d saved them for s…

Learn how to fix moth holes in sweaters and other knits with our simple guide. Mend garments seamlessly and extend their life effortlessly.

Step by step tutorial and tips for sewing the perfect ladder stitch so seams will appear invisible. Useful to repair holes in clothes and mend a hole in fabrics. A must know for all sewing projects. | Ladder Stitch Tutorial | Invisible Stitch | Hidden Stitch #sewingtips #sewingforbeginners #sewingtipsandtricks #sewinghowto

Visible Creative Mending

Learn how to fix your clothes in a unique and fun way with our visible mending tutorial. Start upcycling your wardrobe with Gathered.

Well, after considerable rummaging I have turned up the directions for the Swiss darning mend mentioned in my last post. I hope you can make some sense of it. I have used it twice before, once for a bachelor friend, to fix a hole in his Sunday best sweater, and the other for another friend whose puppy had chewed a hole in her husband's brand new sweater. Oh dear. In the interests of the popularity of both the puppy and my friend I had to make that mend as un-noticeable as possible. The…