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83 Times People Mended Their Ruined Things Very Visibly And Only Made Them Better (New Pics)
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There are numerous ways to protect the environment, and it's up to us to choose the most suitable methods to contribute and help our planet. This is especially crucial now, given the many factors contributing to climate change and the degradation of our beloved Mother Earth.
Today, we'd like to share some of the most inspiring posts from the r/Visiblemending community. Members of this group share brilliant methods for repairing clothing and other items, giving them a second life. Some individuals seek advice from more experienced crafty members by posting photos of their damaged items to initiate discussions and discover the best ways to repair them.
Bored Panda decided to reach out to Ekaterina Haak, who shares “The magic of visible mending” on her Instagram profile. Scroll down to find out what we learned about the craft of mending from the expert in this field.
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#1
Problem Solved Thanks To Some Little Soot Sprite Friends!
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#2
You Guys Inspired Me!
Before and after of one of my favorite dresses that had a small stain that bothered me so much that i stopped wearing it. I rose this simple dress from the ashes to make a statement piece I love even more.
#3
It Was Either This Or Thousands Of Dollars To Replace The Whole Floor, They Don't Make Tile Like That Anymore
#4
Thank You To Whichever User Suggested This Cat Scratch Patching. Love It So Much!
#5
My 10 Year Old Mended My Jeans For Me
#6
Patched And Covered A Rip Next To My Jeans' Pocket! It's My First Big Attempt At Decorative Embroidery
#7
He Didn’t Want To Throw This Rug Away Because It Belonged To His Grandmother
#8
Snoopy Shirt Had A Hole, So I Added A Little Woodstock
#9
Mom Patched A Quilt. Pup Has Been Gone A Couple Years Now, But This Lives On
#10
Owl Lost An Eye. My 7yo Asked Me To Make An Eyepatch. Owl Is Now Ready For A New Career As A Pirate
#11
I Fixed My Lamp Using The Stained Glass Soldering Technique, I Was Told You Guys Might Like It
#12
Patched A Small Tear In My Jacket With A Small Felt Bandaid
#13
My First Time Embroidering! I Hid A Bleach Stain Under A Crocodile
#14
This Patch Might Bite You In The...rear Pocket Of The Vintage Jeans I Patched. Scrap Of Stretchy Fabric And Sashiko Thread
#15
Embroidered On Flowers To Cover Some Paint Splatters
#16
My Favorite Overalls Might Eventually Be More Crochet Cotton Than Denim
#17
Embroidered A Little Throwback Dino To Cover A BBQ Sauce Stain
#18
Covered Up A Bleach Stain With A French Knot Sheep!
#19
When We're Not Sure A Blanket Stitch Will Be Enough, We Embroider. Overachievers Unite For Mending Glory!
#20
Covered A Small Stain On My Bra
#21
My First Decorative Mend! My Partner's Moth Eaten Cashmere Sweater Needed Some Love
#22
My Mom Had A Hole In Her Jeans. Now She Has A Poppy Sticking Out Of Her Pocket
David A Paterson 3 years ago (edited)
I love this sort of thing, where illustrations of living things seem to appear or disappear from hidden places.
#23
The Cats Clawed Up The Side Of The Chair, I Think You Guys Will Like How My Mom Fixed It Up
#24
Finished!!
These took such a while, but I'm so happy with the end result. I reinforced several thin spots and puckering areas with patches underneath then added lots of embellishments. I like to think of this as my ode to Monet's water lillies.
Little Phoenix 3 years ago
My first impression, without reading the description was van Goghs starry night 🤩
#25
Mended A Couple Of Split Laundry Baskets
#26
Mending Hole In Jeans With Rainbow Weave + Patching From Behind
#27
A Sharpie Leaked In My Scrubs Pocket And Didn't Come Out After Several Washes. I Do Work At An Animal Shelter, So I Embroidered A Cat Over The Stain
#28
Can't Mend His Bones So I'm Mending His Shirt
My son was in an accident where someone ran a red light and hit him on his motorcycle. three surgeries and a month later I got his personal effects including his Joyce manor shirt. I washed it up and stitched up where the EMTs cut through his clothing.
#29
Upcycled/Patched/Jeans & Ankara
#30
Headphone Pad Fell Off - Chrocheted It Back On!
#31
Heavily Darned 1000 Year Old Tunic From Egypt
The blue and possibly the brocade are "original", and everything else is mending. Some darns match, some don't, and the brown in the middle is quite decorative, but it's darning too. The museum notes indicate that something about the construction suggests this may have originally been an adult garment, which was then cut down for a child. And then mended, and mended again, most likely passed down to someone else and someone else and someone after that. This is YEARS of wear & loving mending, and on a small garment that means no one could have worn it their whole life, so we're seeing the history of multiple people who cared about this garment, and cared for it, and kept using it. Fantastic.
#32
My Favorite Hoodie Had A Huge Tear In It So I Made My First Attempt At Visible Mending
#33
Squishmallow First Aid
#34
My First Attempt. I Had A Rip Going Up The Entire Side Of The Pocket. I Tried Some Darning And Then Some Simple Embroidery. The Pocket Is Still Usable
#35
My Sock Had A Hole In It. My Six Year Old Removed It From My Foot And Mended It. I Think I'll Keep It This Way
cerinamroth 3 years ago
Haha, this reminds me of my little girl wearing her gloves on her feet and walking around the room going buk, buk, buk and poking her head forwards like a chicken!
#36
Some Mended Stairs I Came Across
#37
Color Changing Thread Is My Favorite For Mending
#38
Mended A Small Hole In A T-Shirt With Cross Stitch
#39
This Is How I Repair My Dress
#40
Victim Of A Dog Attack Gets Reconstructive Surgery
Binny Tutera 3 years ago
Can’t tell you how many of my grandogger’s toys I’ve fixed!!! She “loves” them to pieces!
#42
Someone Chewed A Hole In The Beautiful Quilt My Friend Made. Friend Sent Scraps, Thread And A Letter For The Offender
#43
Everywhere There Is Now A Pigeon There Once A Moth-Hole
The pigeons are needle-felted. For the holes that were larger than one or two knitted loops I used extra strong thread to sew them shut before starting the felting process.
Jane No Dough 3 years ago
Love this! Wish I was that talented, love old wool sweaters and many of mine have tiny tears in them.
#44
A Planter In Ravello, Italy
#45
Fixed The Cuffs Of A Hoodie With Hand Sewing And Crochet
#46
"Repaired" My Granddaughter's Stick Unicorn
Last time she was here she kept nagging me to fix this little 2 cm. seam opening. So instead of taking the 3 seconds to just sew it back together, I backed it with blood red flannel, added some big black "stitches" over it, then a Velcro band-aid with optional removal felt pool of blood. She'll love it.
The poor unicorn has a hard life & is used mostly as a weapon to bop her big sister, FYI.
#47
Had Some Rips On These Chinos, As Well As Some Stains - Covered Them Up With Leaves
David A Paterson 3 years ago
Oh dear. I wouldn't have liked to have been around when some of those rips happened.
#48
I Salvaged Some Over-Distressed Jeans By Sewing Some Doilies In. Someone Suggested I Share Them Here
David A Paterson 3 years ago
The jeans won't last, which is why a simple decorative fix like this is ideal.
#49
I Got Hair Dye On My Collar. Oh Well, Mending Time!
#50
Doggo Got A Hold Of My Favorite Dress So I Tried Visible Mending For The First Time
afia kooma 3 years ago
Its cool that so many of the hands and clothes (and models) represent men semstresses
#51
I Got This Free Tote Bag But I Hate Wearing Logos, So I Did A Simple Embroidery Over It
#52
Favorite Shorts Too Tight? Expand Them With Racing Stripes!
#53
Don’t Really Know How To Embroider But Also I Don’t Wanna Give Up On My Jeans… The Result Is A Janky Looking Meadow
#54
I Go To Welding School And People Are Constantly Throwing Away Gloves With Only One Or Two Holes; At This Rate I’ll Never Need To Buy Another Pair. Franken-Gloves For The Win!
#55
Spotted (And Admired) Today
#56
My Favourite Parts Of Our Apartment Are The Visible Mending Of The Floors The Old Owner Did
#57
The Belt Loop Ripped On My Favorite Pants…
#58
I'm In The Process Of Reinforcing A Worn Out Old Sweater. Eventually The Entire Thing Will Be Patched Up But I'm Pretty Pleased With The Results So Far!
#59
Torn Jeans Mended With Floral Patches Behind, Now An Artwork About Scars And Healing
#60
Ruined Jeans Got A Seriously Cool Upgrade!
#61
Fixed A Little Tear In My Winter Jacket With A Quick Flower
#62
Lazy Daisies Have Covered Up Evidence Of Sloppy Eating/Drinking Habits
#63
"Oh That Stain Will Wash Out!" Spoiler: It Did Not... Good Thing I Love A Nice Mending Embroidery
#64
Pattern, Yellow And Green
#65
Salvaged Expensive Build A Bear Vaporeon
#66
Someone In R/Cottagecore Recommended This Sub. The Front Fell Off Of My Old Cabinet So I Replaced It With Crochet Granny Squares
#67
Cheap Bra Started Ripping In The Middle. My First Visible Mend
#68
Event Swag Transformation! I Love This Sweatshirt But I Don’t Like Logos On My Clothes, Swipe For The Before
LillieMean 3 years ago
You can remove the logo from cheap advertising shirts with acetone. Some can be removed with an iron. Remember the towel so you don't ruin the iron.
#69
I Was Told You Guys May Enjoy The Way I Fixed This Hole In My Shirt!
#70
Yes We Have A Bird. And Yes That Bird Prefers The Left Shoulder
#71
This Mending Goes Out To Everyone Who Has Been Similarly Blessed With A Sizable Tush (Each Color Is A Different Mend)
#72
When Jeans Are So Comfortable You Just Can't Let Them Die
#73
Used Scrap Fabric To Cover A Stain And Am Feeling Very Fashionable!
#74
Found Stained Sweater At The Thrift Store, Given New Life With Dip Dying, New Favorite Sweater!
#75
Patchwork Outfit I Made From Recycled Fabrics
#76
Pulled A Sweater Out Of Storage And Noticed A Big Hole On The Front. This Is My First Time With Visible Mending!
#77
Saw This Precious Workaround In A Booth At A Favorite Restaurant
#78
A Decade Of Repairs. We've Been Through A Lot Together. They Were Once Pants
#79
An Old And Well Loved Dolly Shirt, Pretty Normal... But What's That In The Corner??
#80
I Had This Idea The Other Day For A Little Art Project About Mending, And How We, Well, Mend The Broken
Thought this would be cute way to apply that same ideology to physical insecurities, and here it is! patches glued to my legs, lol.
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Isaac Nemo 3 years ago (edited)
None of these are bad, most are beautiful, and some are brilliant! I love the whole idea here, treasuring things and repairing them, not filling more landfills and buying new.
Isaac Nemo 3 years ago (edited)
None of these are bad, most are beautiful, and some are brilliant! I love the whole idea here, treasuring things and repairing them, not filling more landfills and buying new.
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