“Visible Mending”: 10 Times Folks Brought Beauty Back To Broken Or Torn Items

“Visible Mending”: 10 Times Folks Brought Beauty Back To Broken Or Torn Items

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In a world that often encourages disposable culture, where we replace old and worn-out items with new ones without a second thought, it’s truly inspiring to see people who refuse to give up on their favorite possessions.

Today, we want to show you some cool posts from the r/Visiblemending community. People there share awesome ways to fix up clothes and stuff, giving them a second chance. Some folks even ask for advice by posting pics of their damaged things and starting conversations to figure out how to fix them up. Check out some of their amazing posts in the gallery below.

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“Visible Mending”: 10 Times Folks Brought Beauty Back To Broken Or Torn Items

#1 You Guys Inspired Me!

Before and after one of my favorite dresses 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.

“Visible Mending”: 10 Times Folks Brought Beauty Back To Broken Or Torn Items

#2 Covered Up A Bleach Stain With A French Knot Sheep!

“Visible Mending”: 10 Times Folks Brought Beauty Back To Broken Or Torn Items

#3 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 lilies.

“Visible Mending”: 10 Times Folks Brought Beauty Back To Broken Or Torn Items

#4 Someone Chewed A Hole In The Beautiful Quilt My Friend Made. Friend Sent Scraps, Thread, And A Letter For The Offender

“Visible Mending”: 10 Times Folks Brought Beauty Back To Broken Or Torn Items

#5 I Got Hair Dye On My Collar. Oh Well, Mending Time!

“Visible Mending”: 10 Times Folks Brought Beauty Back To Broken Or Torn Items

#6 Problem Solved Thanks To Some Little Soot Sprite Friends!

“Visible Mending”: 10 Times Folks Brought Beauty Back To Broken Or Torn Items

#7 When We’re Not Sure A Blanket Stitch Will Be Enough, We Embroider. Overachievers Unite For Mending Glory!

“Visible Mending”: 10 Times Folks Brought Beauty Back To Broken Or Torn Items

#8 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.

“Visible Mending”: 10 Times Folks Brought Beauty Back To Broken Or Torn Items

#9 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.

“Visible Mending”: 10 Times Folks Brought Beauty Back To Broken Or Torn Items

#10 “Repaired” My Granddaughter’s Stick Unicorn

The 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.

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