Winter Mending

Posted in Embroidery, Sewing

First repair is for my navy dress pants, which have sustained this little hole near the pocket.

Close-up of the side seam of a pair of navy pants. A hole has worn through the outside fabric, a little below the pocket opening and the base of the zip.

I always like to patch holes first thing – I haven’t found the time (or patience) to learn darning yet! This time I patched from the back….

Close-up of the inside of the navy pants. The area behind where the hole was on the outside has been covered with a matching rectangular patch.

….and reinforced the front with sashiko stitching.

Close-up of the repair to the hole on the navy pants. The hole has been stitched over with small stitches in pale blue thread, to make a blocky star-like pattern.

I absolutely love how this looks, and it was so satisfying to see the pattern emerge as I stitched. I am 90% sure the book this Kaki no hana pattern comes from is Mending with Sashiko by Takao Momiyama and Kersten Neumuller.

The sashiko area of the pants is laid across an open book. The opposing page of the book has a diagram of the pattern on the pants, called "Kaki no hana". The skein of blue thread used in the stitching is laid on the pants.

Second repair is to this lovely wool cardigan that was passed down to me. It is pure wool, which is lovely and warm but very itchy, especially around the neck.

A pale beige knitted cardigan is laid flat on a wood surface, photographed from underarms up. The bodice and sleeves are heavily cabled, and the centre front opening is smooth. Thre are two bumps where pins are on the neckline, symmetrically sitting at the base of the neck.

I sewed a little strip of cotton jersey on the inside of the neck (you can see the pins above marking where to start and stop!), so it shouldn’t be too itchy anymore.

Close-up of the inside of the neck area of the knitted cardigan. A strip of white jersey printed with various dog faces in black is sewn to the inside, above the tag and past the shoulder seams.

And finally, due to recent career changes, I had to (gasp) purchase new pants. Because they were purchased, and not handmade, they were too long in the leg and had to be cuffed the first few times I wore them.

Close-up of the hems of a pair of navy pants, laid flat on a wood surface. The top leg is cuffed about 10cm, and the bottom leg is uncuffed.

So I gave them a quick hem.

Close-up of the author's lower legs, where she stands on grass against a fence. She's wearing the neatly hemmed navy pants with brown boots.

I also kept the hem I cut off, so now I have spare fabric if these ever get a hole. Perfect!

Have you mended anything recently?

Anyways, see ya!

Yves

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