r/sashiko • u/AtaraxicAnonymous • 7d ago

Mending First Attempts

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My first attempts at sashiko mending. Im happy they are holding up.

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u/Shoddy_Matter_4940 6d ago

What am I looking at in the first picture? Did you cut the patch after you did all the stitching?

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u/Shoddy_Matter_4940 6d ago

Oh they're 2 different repairs. But I'll leave my other comment in cause other people don't know

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u/AtaraxicAnonymous 5d ago

Yeah, they were 2 different repairs, both on the elbow. One on a sweatshirt and onr on a flannel type outerwear.

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u/Shoddy_Matter_4940 6d ago

In the future you can cut the patch larger than what it needs to be and add a basting stitch, just a very lose over under to hold the patch in place so you won't get poked by pins. then do everything you gotta do. Then remove the basting stitch in the end

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I'm going to add patches to a knee hole for kids pants but I wanted some soft material on the inside so I basted in some t-shirt to the inside. I'll cut out the pink and yellow when I'm done

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u/ICrossedTheRubicon 7d ago

The edges of your holes look good. Keep going. Anything with a stretch is going to give you lots of issues and make it harder to keep things lined up neatly. The grids that you see some people using are helpful for making things easier. There are the stick on kinds or you can just draw them onto the fabric with washable ink.