Créer un compteSe connecter

Recherches récentes

Aucune recherche récente

Options de recherche

Disponible uniquement lorsque vous êtes connecté.
mastouille.fr est l'un des nombreux serveurs Mastodon indépendants que vous pouvez utiliser pour participer au fédiverse.
Mastouille est une instance Mastodon durable, ouverte, et hébergée en France.

Administré par :

Statistiques du serveur :

1,1K
comptes actifs

mastouille.fr: À proposAnnuaire des profilsPolitique de confidentialité

Mastodon: À proposTélécharger l’applicationRaccourcis clavierVoir le code sourcev4.3.4

#visiblemending

4 messages4 participants0 message aujourd’hui
Public
marthasterias

Finished mending a bag today.
It's an original late 90s messenger bag which has seen 6 continents, the Arctic and the Subantarctic... And countless countries with me.
It took 8 washes to get it clean enough for the washing machine, washing out decades of accumulated dust from around the world, and memories from another life.
Then a few hours of mending torn places. Ready for the next 25 years.

A dark blue, washed out small messenger bag on a wooden floor. The image shows the back of the bag, where woven mended patches in shades of blue and white stretch across the edges of the bag.
#VisibleMending#sustainability#Travelbag
Public
0gust1

I’ve just mended a well loved (and worn) merino alpine technical hoodie (holes and failing seams), with red sashiko thread and old wool socks (themselves with holes beyond repair).

It took me some time to remember how to properly do the « blanket stitch » :) but it was the right choice (elasticity, edge management, aesthetics).

Pretty pleased with the result, we’ll see how it holds!

A blue, hooded jacket laid flat on a wooden floor. The jacket features red patches with contrasting stitching and zippered pockets. The texture appears smooth with subtle stripes.
#mending#visibleMending#sashiko
Suite du fil
Public
Gammapeak

These jeans are wearing very thin and starting to disintegrate in a few areas, which is to be expected since they were basic jeans bought from Asda and have seen years of hard use. It makes absolutely no economic sense to continue repairing them (of course I'm going to patch them anyway)

A pair of jeans with 3 very visible patched areas and colourful pocket edge bindings. There is a visible tear and some smaller holes on other worn parts of the front.
#VisibleMending
A répondu dans un fil de discussion
Public *
Sara

there's definitely a fabric weight below which this is not a practical technique, and I have not figured out a good way to mend for example base layer merino shirts

it's also not a technique that works for stretched-out bits like elbows

buy big appliques, then it looks like a statement rather than a fuckup

oh and try to stick them on there so they kind of frame your boobs, if you're a person with boobs

#VisibleMending
A répondu dans un fil de discussion
Public
Sara

my sewing notes on this: it's a HUGE help if you've got iron-on appliques, then you resolve most issues with the fabric stretching during the ironing process (which you have more control over because you can keep your workpiece flat on the ironing board)

#VisibleMending
A répondu dans un fil de discussion
Public
Sara

tracing out the stitching lines on the applique with the sewing machine was A Job

but I think, given the constraints inherent in the project, I'm relatively satisfied with how Giant Armpit Bee Applique turned out

and if I get asked questions about it, it's a chance to talk about the importance of fixing things

and how satisfying it is to keep clothes out of the trash

black sweater hanging on a utility shelf it has bee appliques sewn to it
black sweater with bee appliques on a person, showing how Armpit Bee looks in 3D -- not so bad!
#VisibleMending
Suite du fil
Public
Sara

the black sweater, the little cat got to it and tore a hole right in the armpit

this does not look professional (hello colleagues, check out my bra) and I doubted that I could make it look anything but weird

but I decided what the hell, go big

go BEES

(yes, you can see the cat hair, ugh)

black sweater on an ironing board with a gigantic bee applique stuck in the armpit
big hole in the armpit of a black sweater, shown stretched over an ironing board giant bee applique next to the hole, still in its package
#VisibleMending
Public
Sara

today's rainy day project: visible mending

I got a couple of these fine merino sweaters at Costco a few years ago and they've developed holes

I ironed these flowers over the shoulder on this one a while back, sewed them down today because they've been peeling off

I get a lot of compliments on this, people assume it's intentional rather than a coverup 🧵

reverse side of a blue sweater, three holes in the sweater are circled, some stitching shows where the appliques used to patch the holes extend across the shoulder
blue sweater with flowers hanging off a utility shelf
#VisibleMending
Public
Mx. Luna Corbden

My favorite baggy hoodie that I spent $70 for on Etsy to ensure it was quality is in fact quality, but after wearing it almost daily (at times) for five years has worn down the cuff. I know if I don't fix it soon, the cuff is going to come apart.

So I'm going to try this. It took a lot of searching through bad Reddit advice (just replace the whole cuff!) and useless AI blogs (here's a story but no actual stitches or pics!) to find.

It's called The Swiss Darn! I'll post pics when it's done. (Dunno when. Maybe today?)

to-the-touch.com/2022/01/04/me

to the touch · Mending a sweatshirt, or, How small can I swiss-darn?Spoiler alert: smaller than I can photograph well. I love this sweatshirt, and it’s had one mend before, but now the sleeve cuffs are going and there’s a couple small stains that bother…
#VisibleMending
Public *
Stéphanie Vilayphiou

In order to prepare my #textile #repair classes, I made a #visiblemending swatchbook. Its been a while that I wanted to have one object to show specific repairs when people ask what is possible to do with their damaged garments.

Before starting online classes, I will first see how the first class goes. Here's the programme:

Course 1/4: simple sewing stitches
Course 2/4: Darning and patches
Course 3/4: Knitwear repair level 1
Course 4/4: Knitwear repair level 2

I will give these classes in #brussels #bruxelles at the textile #fablab @greenfabric in French (one on one translation in English could be possible but the main explanations will be in French).

More info here:
greenfabric.be/event/cours-de-

Book cover showcases the super Banana font by @clara__bgn 💜

A mending swatchbook. The cover shows the title embroidered by hand with a golden thread
A swatch showing simple sewing stitches and patches to repair clothes.
Darning repair and patches repairs examples
Knit repair swatches
En réponse à Stéphanie Vilayphiou
Public
Owen Biesel

@vvvvvilay Oh wow, such skill in one person!

I'm not so concerned about matching the color — when I darn holes I often use whatever color I think would be nice! (Here is some #VisibleMending I just did yesterday.)

I was more thinking, how can I tell what weight of yarn to use? What about the fiber content — will it stretch differently and create worse problems if I use a different material?

Two knit mittens with ragged holes in the center of their dark blue palms.
The same mittens with some green yarn patches
Public
Stéphanie Vilayphiou

An #invisiblemending for a customer. I love #visiblemending but customers never ask for that...
I thought this #repair would be tough but in the end, not so much. I'm sad that I forgot my double-latch tool at the studio as it would have been the unique occasion to use it to rebuild unravelled garter stitches...
I reconstructed the cast off with a new thread by mimicking a crochet chain with a sewing needle.

I am preparing a cycle of 4 courses to repair clothes in Brussels. But I'm wondering whether there would be people interested following an online course?

A before/after states of an unravelled jumper being repaired
A répondu dans un fil de discussion
Public
Petra van Cronenburg

@Nike_Leonhard @Cohnina Faszinierend, danke für den Tipp! 😊 Wir haben im Museum auch solche Stickübungen. Als #VisibleMending Fan war ich allerdings von dieser Tüte hin und weg: pinnebergmuseum.de/respekt-die

Pinneberg Museum · Respekt! Die Kunst der Reparatur - Pinneberg Museum19. Febru­ar bis 25. Mai 2025 Kon­ser­vie­ren, restau­rie­ren, reno­vie­ren, repa­rie­ren und wie­der­ver­wen­den – die­se Kul­tur­tech­ni­ken basie­ren auf dem Respekt vor dem Vor­ge­fun­de­nen und sind leben­di­ger Aus­druck von Verantwortungsbewusstsein. Die Aus­stel­lung „Respekt! Die Kunst der Repa­ra­tur“ bewegt sich im Drei­eck von Repa­ra­tur, Degrowth und Kunst. Jeder die­ser Aspek­te klingt in den drei Aus­stel­lungs­räu­men an, jeder setzt dabei einen eige­nen Raum­schwer­punkt. Alles klam­mert die titel­ge­ben­de Hal­tung: Respekt. Respekt zei­gen als Hal­tung gegen­über dem Vor­ge­fun­de­nen. Respekt bezeu­gen durch Erhalten. Meist bedeu­tet Repa­rie­ren, etwas, das nicht mehr funk­tio­niert, das beschä­digt ist, wie­der in den frü­he­ren intak­ten, gebrauchs­fä­hi­gen Zustand zu brin­gen. Erhal­ten und Repa­rie­ren sind bis heu­te oft Hand­ar­beit, so nütz­lich wie kunst­voll. Soge­nann­te Flick­so­cken, Mus­ter­tü­cher und zahl­rei­che Uten­si­li­en aus der Samm­lung des Pin­ne­berg Muse­ums und pri­va­te Leih­ga­ben zei­gen die Sorg­falt und Kunst­fer­tig­keit der Tech­nik des Reparierens. Die Kunst der Repa­ra­tur geht weit dar­über hin­aus. Schon im alten Japan fei­er­te die Hal­tung des Wabi Sabi die Schön­heit im Ver­gäng­li­chen, Alten oder Feh­ler­haf­ten, indem die Spu­ren des Geleb­ten und Gebrauch­ten sicht­bar betont wur­den. Jahr­hun­der­te­al­te Tee­scha­len, die als Leih­ga­ben des Muse­ums für Kunst …
ExplorerFlux en direct
À propos