Boro mending jeans

Visible mending, turning a pair of jeans with holes into a fashionable statement using sashiko stitching and patches. See the whole transformation.

Hey guys, Cheri (Tinkerellen) here from Instagram world. Have you ever been jean shopping? Of course you have. And the success of finding the perfect fitting pair of jeans is like discovering a shimmery unicorn that makes you coffee every morning. In other words, it’s rare, and you don’t want to try to recreate that…

Learn a jeans knee repair technique to fix any knee holes in your jeans.

Take a walk on the beach with me on a warm sunny day and discover my newest fresh, youthful fabric collection Breeze.

Subtle Mends for Unmentionable Areas I teach workshops on visible mending regularly, and by far, the most requested mend is the dreaded crotch repair. Luckily, it's a pretty simple repair. If you are like me, jeans are my favorite article of clothing to wear. And a well fitting pair of jeans is magic, and also tragic

Choosing the right jeans Most of the mending projects I share are pretty extreme examples of patching using sashiko inspired mending techniques combined with my own stitching style. The examples that I share are either my own jeans or those that I've found while shopping at thrift/secondhand shops and garage sales. Whe

Hi! I'm a Norwegian textile designer, artist and entrepreneur. I use mending to explore imperfectionism and impermanence, growth, change and decay. In a world where economic growth through consumptio

Inspired visible mending supplies products and workshops, modern embroidery kits and patterns. Learn how to repair your clothing with visible mending blog tutorials or sign up for an online workshop!