Visible mending couch

Lovable, cuddly and joyful as they are; many pets can wreak havoc in your home. Whether it’s an instinct to ‘go to ground’ and dig, or an attempt to mark their territory, it’s often the furniture that bears the brunt of the animal’s natural behaviour. Now I am no pet expert, but I can show you how I recently helped a client after her rabbit left her trusty footstool in a state, using visible mending techniques to a beautiful effect. It is lovely to know that so many people are now mending…

A curated list of ideas for how to repair upholstery including how to cover up cat scratched couch arms and furniture patching ideas.

Not my couch, but what a great repair! "Someone in my home tips group showed a person embroidering their couch where the cat had damaged it and it inspired me to fix my own couch with embroidery!"

Mayumi Okuda on Instagram: “I've finished repairing the discoloration of the sofa cover seat and the sunburn 😌 When I started to do it, I was worried, and my direction was uncertain, and my hands stopped, but it was a big deal. I thought it would be fun to use various colors and types of threads and add some applications 🎶, but I could manage to complete it..."

One Reddit user shared a shocking before-and-after photo of the nasty cat scratches on their couch and how they repaired them.

Let’s talk about mending this week. We so often focus on the making of fabrics whether it’s knitting or crocheting but what do we do with all of the wonderful knitwear once it has been …

A fiber artist shared their weaving hack for repairing a cat-scratched couch. The Instagrammer received over 140,000 likes in a series of posts about the project. Hundreds of viewers commented and asked for a tutorial to replicate the look.

Discover 9 essential tips for perfectly mending your garments! From simple stitches to creative upcycling ideas, this guide will help you revive your favorite clothes. Enhance your sewing skills and reduce waste by learning how to fix and refresh your wardrobe. Perfect for DIY enthusiasts and sustainable fashion lovers!Denim Mending Embroidery, Visible Mending Patterns, Visible Mending Techniques, Visible Mending Darning, How To Mend Jeans With Embroidery, Denim Mending Ideas, Sashiko…

Someone in my home tips group showed a person embroidering their couch where the cat had damaged it and it inspired me to fix my own couch with...

Angela Barrow - Textile Artist added a new photo.

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Hexi patches where the cats scratch the couch.

Over the past few years we’ve seen a (welcome) resurgence in mending: taking a needle and thread to socks, sweaters, and kitchen linens as needed to help them last (and avoid buying new). It’s an old-fashioned solution that’s returned, in part, as an inch-by-inch, stitch-by-stitch holdfast against fast fashion and disposable culture. But patching isn’t […]

I've been wanting to fix up our tattered sofa upholstery for ages – it'd been shredded on the arms by our cats scratching it and looked really terrible. Luckily the damage was to the surface of the fabric and hadn't gone all the way through, so I decided to try to patch it as the