Mended jeans

Basic embroidery over jeans repair

Last summer, the knees blew out on my No Fear New Jeans aka Ginger Jeans, but I kept wearing them until both sides of the butt also blew (note: use heavier denim next time), since they fit my first trimester belly so well. To maximize their wearability on my postpartum body, I finally patched thos

Repair traded for cornbread and a conversation, homestudio-lab, Shari Hersh

I did some visible mending on a very old pair of RTW jeans and here are the details with lots of photos.

Sashiko visible mending patched jeans with handmade velvet star patch.

He fell and tore up my original design, so more visible mending on the work jeans. He insisted on keeping the ragged edges #boro #sashiko

The environment and the impact that people have on it is one of the most important topics in today’s world. So it’s no surprise for a lot of people that the fashion industry is known as one of the most polluting industries. Having this in mind, a lot of brands, companies, and organizations have started initiatives and programs to make a positive change towards a better tomorrow.

Collingwood-Norris Mending on Instagram: "Jeans wearing out at the crotch is an issue many of us have. While denim repairs are definitely not my speciality, I do repair my own jeans. I’ve tried three different ways to repair them and can now read about them on my blog-link in my bio. . I’ve just been adding to these jeans, and now the backside is even more colourful! As they need so much work, I’m not really trying to make it particularly neat anymore- I’m trying to find ways to make it…