Holes in clothes

I have been picking up my house and cleaning the bathrooms for a couple hours today. On my "break" I decided that this coming week I need a small DIY project. Yesterday, when I was visiting with my cousin Gabe and his wife Tiffany, he was showing me some band tees. So, I got my sweetheart and I the same style. I was thinking that my bf won't want to match me exactly and it may be cute to make my tee a bit different. Maybe sex it up a little, considering it's a small guys tee. I think I am…

Jumper of black hand-knitted wool, designed by Rei Kawakubo, Tokyo, 1982, for Comme des Garçons

Giles fall 2012 #fashion #cigarettes #runway

nice. #fingertat, #hands, #ripped

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There are times of the year where teaching takes over making and there just aren't enough hours in the day. Time to actually sit at my work bench is limited so I find ways to make work that is more portable. These layered, hand-stitched pieces incorporate rust dying with iron wire and I love the process of repeating stitches on a tiny scale. They explore colour and texture, my favourite ginger, rust and copper colours come through in my textiles as well as metal pieces. I'm always looking…

Eyelet holes are worked in embroidery floss using a blanket stitch. The first step is to poke a hole in the fabric using an awl. The garment is laced together spiralwise.

Learn how to mend clothing with these creative sewing techniques. Here, we cover how to sew a hole, mend a seam, and more with visible mending.