https://egausa.org/visible-mending-mastery-10-stunning-embroidery-repair-ideas/
des idées pour le visible mending
visiblemending
.... et réparation aussi de mes vieux chaussons en feutre
(c'est comme si j'avais besoin de tenir mes mains occupées pour pas trop penser dis donc)
#DéfiBroderie
Février : Bleu
Le jean de Thésée, update
J'ai pas encore fini l'autre projet, mais j'ai fait ça hier soir pour réparer (encore) mon vieux jean, je me suis dit que ça comptait en attendant 😅
#VisibleMending
#Embroidery
#RepairYourClothes
#TheseusJeans
I spent a bit of time today recovering from the weekend and clearing out my mending pile. This bag from Market Basket had some places where the panels were pulling apart from each other and the binding was falling off. I pulled off the crummy binding and replaced it with some nylon webbing, and ta-da, bag is useful again.
From a purely capitalist perspective, this is a terrible use of time, right? I could just buy a new bag from MB for, like, what, $5? $10? And I could have used that time in Economically Productive Pursuits to Increase The GDP, and someone in an exploited country could have made another one and shipped it across the ocean, and in a couple years that binding would rip and I’d buy a new one and we’d just keep doing that dance until the heat death of the universe.
Or I could spend the time and effort to keep it out of a landfill for a little longer. So I did. And it’s a small thing but it’s better than nothing. Bonus: bag is now significantly gayer.
We can fix things if we take the time.
#makedoandmend #fixityourself #mending #moveslowandfixthings #sewing #visiblemending
Edited 1y ago
Hallo, ich bin Eden!
Ich bin #NeuHier und gespannt darauf, wie sich dieser Account entwickeln wird.
Hauptsächlich werde ich hier über Textile Künste schreiben, insbesondere #VisibleMending und Strickwaren-Reparatur.
Und falls du fasziniert, aber überfordert bist: ich nehme auch Aufträge an!
Nicht vergessen: #RepairIsARadicalAct!
Egal ob selbst gemacht oder outgesourced.
Edited 104d ago
I should have done this a long time ago, but I only had wool yarn on hand. This bamboo sock yarn is perfect for the purpose. And it doesn't matter if my dyed hair stains them pink!
I have half a mind to decorate the top of the headphones with the same yarn, but I don't know what motif... My embroidery skills are limited. Anyone have ideas? #visiblemending #repaircafe
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:
https://greenfabric.be/event/cours-de-reparation-a-laiguille-n1-point-simple-a-laiguille/
Book cover showcases the super Banana font by @clara__bgn 💜
Edited 1y ago
Hello Mastodon,
Here's my #introduction post.
Former #graphicdesigner and #webdeveloper at #OpenSourcePublishing, I gradually turned my practice to #textiledesign. Still exploring free and open source software, programming but in relation to many textile techniques.
My main practice is #knitting, #machineknitting and #visiblemending. But I love to explore any #fiberarts related #technique.
In 2020, I joined the #textile #fablab @GreenFabric in #brussels where I like to build / #hack #machines for textile.
In 2024, I joined the #Fabricademy programme ( #textile and #technology) where I made digitally knitted garments to bypass #CCTV #facerecognition.
I am now a Fabricademy instructor!
A little picture as intro: My Mother was a Computer. Title borrowed from media theoretician Katherine N. Hayles. This is the opening piece of a series of knitted portraits of women who played a major role in the history of computing.
I'm super happy to find back my old family here in Lurk/Mastodon (you know who you are :) ). 💜
Edited 201d ago
Had another pair of jeans in for repair with frayed pocket openings. This time I decided to alternate the colour of the binding to encode information, with the binding for each eighth of an inch representing one bit, and so each inch representing one ASCII character. I enjoyed this repair, I hope the jeans owner likes it too!
This pair of jeans I patched a few months ago using #sashiko has ripped again just above the previous patch. I guess that was the next weakest part of the fabric! I fancy using the machine to patch it this time.
