Creative darning

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.

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.

How do you decide which darning/mending technique to use? Some questions to consider: -is the patch going to be visible or will it blend in? -what type of garment are you repairing? -how much time do you want to spend mending? When it comes to mending, there is never an exact yes or no answer. It is (almost) always th

Collingwood-Norris Mending on Instagram: "***NEW*** A pre-recorded video workshop on darning knitwear, so you can learn in your own time, at your own pace! Link in my bio to order. . Suitable for beginners, this workshop will teach you how to darn your knitwear colourfully. Covering different darning approaches of working from the front and back of the fabric and a couple of patterns, the aim of workshop is to leave you confident to start repairing your own knitwear in a creative way. . You…

F.A.Q.'s for Darning Socks Darning has been around forever, and is a simple and useful skill to learn and share. There are many types of darning, most of them work as a technique to weave a patch in place, where the fabric has worn through. Here is a very simple darning step by step that works to weave a patch over the

Over the past couple of months, I have been taking an online embroidery class. Although I have gotten really comfortable and confident in doing hand stitching without an embroidery hoop, I found that the hoop was an absolute necessity in experimenting with different needle weaving techniques. These types of stitches are done by running the thread vertically the length of the shape to form a weft. Then your stitches are formed over this structure while only attaching to the fabric at the…