Visible mending upholstery

An in progress image of a visible repair on a Victorian nursing chair. This is a great way of mending wear and tear on furniture that you love and don't want to fully change the covers. It adds a story to the chair and makes it even more unique. #visible repair #chair repair

Using elements of sashiko and embroidery in her visible mending, Erin Eggenburg shares clothing repair tutorials of how to extend the life of what you wear with simple mending techniques.

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 […]

Patch it, mend it, or darn it—visible mending is hot! Transforming a worn piece of clothing with vibrant stitchwork offers a great way to show off your handspun yarn.

In any shirt, the collar is the first casualty of wear and tear. This is so, because it is stretched out, interfaced, and it is a curved portion with more

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…

What you need to know before mending your clothing.

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

TA-DAAN | Cat owners: this tutorial will save your furniture! 🐱⁠ ⁠ Discover the art of visible mending and how it can revitalize your furniture. In… | Instagram