Mending jacket

Sashiko mending on a vintage Lee jeans jacket.

It may be a radical idea, but you don’t always need to hide your mending. Your stitching can be admired. Students and faculty members recently participated in “Radical Acts of Repair,” …

Describing herself as ‘an artist who works in textiles’ Pym talks about her recent surgery for mending at the V&A, why she mends old clothes and artefacts, and why she feels it is so important to see the damage and the repair

Tsumugi kaketsugi（Invisible Mending Services ✨🧵） on Instagram: "This time, it's a tutorial video on a method called the weaving-in technique for kaketsugi! It's a method where threads taken from the product are threaded one by one using a needle and thread, often used for repairing small holes or garments made of wool and cashmere like coats! We have also posted sped-up videos suitable for reels, but this one is at normal speed, so you should be able to understand the movement of the…

Tsumugi kaketsugi（Invisible Mending Services ✨🧵） on Instagram: "This time, we would like to introduce a case of repairing scratches on a jacket. If it gets caught on something sharp, it can tear like this. Even if there is no remaining fabric, it can be removed from an invisible part of the slacks or jacket of the set, so please do not give up and consult us. There was a bit of fading, so there are slight square repair marks remaining, but the overall result is relatively clean. We…

Mending my broken jacket

Advice for visible mending, including how to make sure you're using the right needle, how to choose colours for visible mending, and how to know if a garment or darning yarn will be durable. This is one of several blogs answering your mending and knitwear repair questions