The Art of Visible Mending 

I remember when they did this in the 90s and not just the last decade. So glad to see it coming back!!

❤ Thank you for taking the time to make an excellent video with good close-ups of your sewing. I hope you ignore any negative comments. What you are doing is a type of art. All that matters is that you like it. The rest of us can learn from you, and if someone wants to vary it somehow, such as with brighter colors, shorter stitches, varied stitches, or something else, you provided the initial idea so they could design it their way. I applaud your teaching methods and also recommending books that will give further instruction and ideas. 😊

To ensure your mend is secure on the inside (I could see toes hitting threads and possibly undoing things over time), you could use a visible interfacing cut to encapsulate all raw edges. This would also help give support to the mend fabric (it looks like a quilting fabric which is quite thin compared to the sturdiness of denim). You just need to be sure you are able to keep the fabric flat while ironing.

So interesting! I've never seen this way to repair jeans. Thank you for this tutorial.

Best video I've seen for doing this! Exactly what I was looking for to mend my jeans in a non-fussy way with a cool result!!!! Thank you!

Thank you so much. This was exactly what I was looking for. (and for the record, your jeans look awesome!) For those of you who missed it here are the books that were mentioned: 2:24 Mend! A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto by Kate Sekules 3:14 Wear, Repair, Repurpose: A Maker's Guide to Mending and Upcycling Clothes by Lily Fulop 4:23 Mending Life: A Handbook for Repairing Clothes and Hears by Nin and Sonya Montenegro 6:48 ebooks on Hoopla: Simply Sashiko - Classic Japanese Embroidery Made Easy Nipon Vogue The Ultimate Shashiko Handbook 7:20 And found on Creativebug: Shashiko Sewing by Leslie Solomon

Waxing the thread helps it not to knot and makes it stronger.

What a great teacher you are!! Thank you for sharing.

A good video for beginner mending with Sashiko. Thank you.

Or, since most jeans these days have stretch, use stretch fabric for the knees at least.

A tip Is say it just to bast the patch from inside and Sashiko with it or around it instead of leaving safety pins in

very neat stuff

Beautiful presentation 👌🏽

Thank you for sharing this with me

Thanks for your time and the details. I appreciate it and you for sharing. I picked up some great tips.

Running stitch is easier if you do it Sashiko way by running needle as far as you can into fabric then pulling the thread out instead out in and out

excellent idea for jeans

Video starts at 9:12

This girl knows her stuff!

Thank you

Very helpful

This video would have been more interesting if we could have seen some of the pictures in the books you recommended.

Can youdo it on new jeans for desgisn

Volume is too low, despite setting computer at highest volume setting plus the individual video at highest setting.

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Can desgin new jean like that jusr asking

hello 15 minutes watched MASHALLAH

Couldn't hear voice....

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Too gloomy for me dear. My son likes bright colours so people can see more patterns.

I guess I would have njust opened the leg and then used my sewing machine to do that or did you just want to do it sew by hand?

vc fala demais moça ... pelo amor de Deus fala menos e mostre o trabalho sendo feito ..

It would be great if everyone filled in their horrible, ripped, and holey, jeans with this art!!! That was the worst fashion trend ever invented!!! 💖👍😁

They call it boro, its the very thing I have been doing all my life. I call it ....nothing. please stop trying to make an art out of common shite.

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