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Little bit of #VisibleMending yesterday, Taro chewed on the edge of my slippers, luckily there's not much fabric there anyway but I wanted to make sure the edges didn't keep fraying. Next I need to wash them because the other day he ran in covered in mud from all the rain we've had and got it all over my shoes near the door lol

The Llama's favorite shirt recently developed a small patch of holes on the back.
being a favorite shirt meant that we couldn't just leave it, so we discussed options & a small Ladybug was settled on.
the inner patch is from an outgrown shirt of similar pattern

the stitching is a bit messy as this was my first time working with waste canvas on doubled t-shirt material. but we are both very pleased with the outcome.

@bammerlaan@pixey.org @sewing Further process pictures of the thrilling development of this #sashiko patch pocket. Doing this on the train to and from a Groningen concert turned out to be a good activity.

The back of #hitomezashi sashiko is supposed to look as neat as the front, with the excess thread tucked between two layers of fabric. I don't have two layers of fabric, but you'll only see the front, anyway. So 🤷

A birthday present I got. I wanted a stencil for #sashiko. (I'm bad at drawing grids, especially on fabric.) This was what I got—the local sewing shop apparently recommended it.

You use a hot needle to poke holes into the plastic, then I pinned it to my fabric and used a heat-erase pen to draw dots. I started out going row by row but then thought of a different strategy, as I'm connecting the dots with a ruler, anyway.

Promising results, so far! Though the hot needle poking part was a bit tedious.

#sewing #diy #visiblemending #embroidery @sewing@a.gup.pe