Patching clothes ideas

What you need to know before mending your clothing.

Check out this curated list of creative ways to mend a hole! Lots of visible mending ideas for saving clothes from the landfill.

Embroidered patch made in my home studio. Hand digitized by myself and stitched on 100% cotton duck canvas. Kind of a rough and tumble look. Sew on. Dimensions measuring remembered edge: 3-1/2" x 4-3/8" not including the fringe. All designs are digitized and stitched in the US in my home studio. They are original designs.

That hole in the knee? It looked just like a mouth. So, really all I did was to embellish it a little. And with some Pin-spiration and Echino scraps leftover from this, I went to town. Mr P is plea…

As I scrolled through Instagram on my phone while I had breakfast (we all do that, right?) I saw that @berry_birdy had put out a fun new challenge. Each May, Lesley hosts the Micro Mini Stitch Along #microminisal where we get to play and create little quilts, no bigger than 8" square. The challenge set yesterday was called "Treasure from Trash". We were to use only scraps that were in our bin. Fun! As my sewing room bin was emptied the day before for bin night, I had quite limited scraps…

"For when my outward action doth demonstrate The native act and figure of my heart In complement extern, 'tis not long after But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve For daws to peck at. I am not what I am. (Othello, Act 1 Scene 1) Embroidered Vintage Graphic Heart Upcycled Canvas Jacket Patch. Patch is 2.60\"x 3.80\". Sew on option is also available.All design and embroidery work is done by solely by me."