bend a trap in a well - loved jacket or duvet from a bummer to a style opportunity and revitalize your precious pieces with some doctor artistry .
In antique shops , you ’ll often findvintage tableclothspatched by mitt , a charming preindication of the point ’s foresighted , happy life-time . If you ’re live a more sustainable lifestyle , consider seeable mending and making thing brook out with high - impact patch and stitches . You wo n’t be without ship’s company — more than 166,000 Instagram posts are tagged#visiblemending .
With the techniques here , you not only extend the utility of a piece but also give it a custom spirit . Learning how to use seeable mending requires just a few inexpensive materials andbasic embroidery stitch . prompt by the Nipponese art of Sashiko doctor with seeable stitches , these bold melodic theme will help you reanimate your clothes and linen in a truly beautiful way of life .
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What You’ll Need
Equipment / Tools
Materials
Instructions
Visible Mending Stitches
As you mend , do n’t worry about every stitch being identical . Freestyling will lead in a handmade force . Use these stitch to create unique and interesting designs .
Running Stitch
This stitch is so easy that you may have instruct it as a kid . Poke a needle through the cloth from back to front then down again about 1/4 - inch off ; double in a straight ( or straightish ) parentage .
Crossed Straight-Stitch
Not to be mistaken with fussy - stitch , this is a series of horizontal running stitch hatch by vertical run stitches .
Seed Stitch
This is a serial of hunt stitch go in random directions rather than a true line .
How to Patch Holes in Denim Jackets or Jeans
Prepare Patch
piece hole in adenimjacket or jeans with fabrics that reflect your way . Extending decorative sewing beyond the patch progress to it place upright out . To begin , make clean up any messy string around the golf hole using scissors . Next , snub a fabric plot of land ½-inch bigger on all sides than the hole . Turn the crownwork or jeans inside out .
Attach Patch
Attach the plot to the cakehole using a fabric mucilage reefer . Reinforce the patch with stitching pins and ensure the proper side of the fabric confront out through the hole . Turn the point right side out .
Add Decorative Stitches
Thread a steady sewing needle with embroidery dental floss and knot at one end . Start on the arse of the fabric with a series of horizontal running stitch . Create a new stitch every ¼ inch . Overlap the maw by a few inches on each side . duplicate the mental process with a series of erect take to the woods stitches , so the visible threads create small plus signs . Knot yarn when eat up .
How to Appliqué Patch
To extend and reinforce holes , try an appliqué method for a unlined appearance . Irona circle of deep-freeze paper glazed side down to the untimely side of plot fabric ; cut out material , leaving ¼-inch margin around freezer paper . pat a fabric glue nonplus onto deep-freeze paper ; push over the pickle .
Stitch Patch
work around the circle , fold fabric ’s ¼-inch allowance under the newspaper and whipstitch the out edge of the circle to what you are mending . ( Try not to sew through newspaper . ) When there ’s ½-inch lead unsewn , pull out the paper with tweezers . tailor up hole .
How to Darn a Sock
Sew Vertical Stitches
Trim the hole to remove excess threads . Place a woods - darning testicle , a Sir Henry Joseph Wood - darning mushroom , or even a lawn tennis ballock inside the wind sock behind the cakehole . This helps hold the wind sock ’s form as you mend . Thread needle with yarn , embellishment floss , or thread . For woolen socks , apply wool yarn . For cotton plant ones , cotton crochet screw thread or embellishment floss work . Sew rows of upright track stitch back and forth at least ½-inch beyond cakehole on all face , have prospicient stitches over the golf hole .
Repeat Horizontally
take over the process horizontally , weaving the thread over and under the long stitches until you ’ve completely covered the muddle . Weave in ends of narration and trim .
Credit: Illustration by Rachel King Birch
Credit: Illustration by Rachel King Birch
Credit: Illustration by Rachel King Birch
Credit: Carson Downing
Credit: Carson Downing
Credit: Carson Downing
