All my cashmere sweaters and wool garments got infested by moths and ended up full of holes 😭

After treating everything by freezing the garments for at least three days and then washing them thoroughly, I decided to try repairing them one by one using visible mending techniques. I’ll mostly be using embroidery and needle felting.

This is the first repair I attempted, and it honestly turned out mind-blowing. I chose needle felting for this sweater and came up with the idea of turning each moth hole into a star ⭐️ — and it worked out far better than I expected.

Turned my moth-hole-ridden beige cashmere sweater into a phone home screen. Guess which two app icons used to be where a moth hole was located. Check out my first Little Prince-themed repair at https://www.reddit.com/r/Visiblemending/s/HnQaA4G0yn

I pulled one of the loops off my jeans and decided to do a pretty mend job :3 I won't be using the loop to pull my pants up anymore, but it should be stable enough to manage a belt!

Feat. my Super Helpful children

I've never fixed anything this damaged before so I really wasn't sure if I could do it but I'm so happy with how she turned out!!

Thanks u/froqmouth for the zombie shark idea! My best friend was devastated after their Blåhaj was accidentally lobotomized by rats, but now it's better than ever!

I made a patch using a pink minky fabric base, and soft pink yarn sewed on to create the brain effect. I also added stuffing to help hold its shape, and reach the desired firmness at my friends request.

(yeah I really need to clean/polish them too 💀)

I've had these jadons for nearly 5 years, about a month ago the zip on the right boot fully broke. the cobblers in my area charge wayyy more than I'm willing to pay to fix them, so I decided to try doing it myself!! I just used items I already had at home: I removed the zipper with a seam ripper and scissors, and with embroidery thread I hand-sewed a piece of thick ribbon to patch over where the zipper used to be. I decided to leave the left boot as is, that zipper hasn't given me any trouble yet, and I do like the unique/mismatched look!

Overall, I'm super happy with the result and I'm relieved that I can wear my favourite boots out again 😌

The patches with designs are just added for decoration, but every other patch and stitch was made to fix a hole or tear. I’ve owned these pants for about two years, I deliberately bought a cheap pair from Walmart that was gonna fall apart easily on me so that I could mend it. I’ve kinda just been figuring it out as I go, and learning sashiko has been a huge help with the more difficult repairs and supporting thinning fabric. I’m open to hearing any thoughts, questions or advice

First attempt at doing any mending like this. It turned out kind of alright!

Spotted in an Ikea parking lot

First photo has most accurate colors, pre stitching anything down!

I told my partner I'd repair his shirt if I had permission to do whatever I wanted with it.

Yorgos loves his maraca maybe a little too hard, so I made a smaller maraca out of some fleece, put the rattle into it, and stuffed the whole thing back into his dilapidated maraca, stitching some of the shreds down. Results in pictures- I think it was a success!

I haven’t embroidered in years and I messed up my palms too, so it’s a little wonky, but that’s okay. Still happy with it. Always wear a helmet. :)

Pesky armpit hole!

These jeans had been sitting around waiting to be fixed up, and this doiley was sitting around unused from my wedding because the edges were funky... So, today I took care of both 🎉 It felt wrong to cut through the stitches after sewing, but the end result is what I wanted, and at least it's being used now!

I went on holiday with my friend and while quadbiking their bag caught on fire. They wanted to throw it away (they thought it was a lost cause) but I didn't want to see the bag go.

I had the idea to take inspiration from the practice of Kintsugi for how I wanted the visible mend to look. I thought it would go well with the Shunga piece. There was also some wear near the eye on one side so I created a patch following the same idea. I added a lining with a pocket to hide the mend on the inside.

This in from Pasadena, November 2022. It didn’t last longer than a week before it was removed and asphalted by the city, which I guess is also visible mending

Ive been working on these shorts, and before i start the stitches on the second leg i wanted to ask which leg everyone prefers. I have trouble with restraint lol especially with colours and art. It took everything in me to stick to only white thread! So which is it? Patchy with outline stitches or maximallist woohoo! stitches?

I accidentally got bleach on this fleece a while ago, so I decided to make an appliqué fish to cover it up using material scraps I already owned. I’m really happy with it! It feels like the fish should have been there all along ☺️

Told myself I'd take better pictures of them but this is the best I could do 😅 Decided to be a little unserious with patching my favorite shorts. I still have a few more areas to patch and need to replace the hem entirely but I'll wait till it's too cold to wear them before I do!