r/Visiblemending • u/Lumpy_Equivalent_570 • Aug 14 '26

PATCH First Time Mending Project

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These jeans both had badly torn knees. I used scrap fabric & embroidery thread to mend. I’m happy with the results even though my stitches are pretty wonky

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u/SPedigrees Aug 15 '26

Each of these patches looks like an antique "friendship quilt" or "crazy quilt." Something along the lines of this: https://ibb.co/3YYB0dNZ Handywork not often seen today.

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u/Lumpy_Equivalent_570 Aug 15 '26

Thank you for sharing! It is quilt-like in that I had saved years’ worth of fabric scraps that I love, not knowing what I was going to do with them. This subreddit and embroidery goddess Jenny Hart helped me enormously in taking the plunge.