What is sashiko? Sashiko, meaning "little stabs" is a Japanese style of stitching. In traditional Japanese mending, sashiko is a style of hand stitching used to repair textiles or to create layers for added warmth in working garments. It is creating small repeating stitches that form a pattern, the patterns often inspi
I've found myself being mesmerized by some images, ideas, blogs lately and I want to share a bit of it with you. Many of these 'enlightenme...
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Working in the style of Japanese Boro mending with upcycled patches, I created a large visible mend that becomes the focal point of this thrifted denim shirt, thereby highlighting its age, worn nat…
… Viv, from Hens Teeth Hens Teeth Art Viv is a designer living in Great Britain. She creates brooches and other miniature art, which you can see in her shop here. Viv est une designer qui vit en Grande Bretagne. Elle crée des broches et autre art miniature, que vous pouvez voir ici dans sa boutique ici. Hens Teeth Art She has also developed her own incredible style, romantic, personal, full of humor and fantasy, in her envelope art. See the gallery here. Elle a aussi développé un style incroyable, romantique, amusant, personnel, en utilisant des enveloppes. Voir la galerie ici. Hens Teeth Art http://hensteethart.blogspot.ch
Sashiko is a form of decorative reinforcement stitching (or functional embroidery) from Japan. Traditionally used to reinforce points of wear, or to repair worn places or tears with patches. This j…
Boro is the age old Japanese art of mending textiles and is literally translated as rags or scraps of cloth. As far back as the 17th century, peasants, merchants and artisans would patch up clothing…
Patched and mended denim
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Blogged here. This design is called 'Spring is Near' and is by Lenna Green.
C'est quoi le Chiku Chiku ?c'est un mot japonais qui désigne une technique d'assemblage de morceaux de tissus avec des points avant. C'est madame Akiko Ike la reine du Chiku Chiku dixit Quiltmania. Je cherchais un panneau original, sans prise de tête,...
I usually costume Claire from Outlander, and I have outfits from the first 3 seasons. But in season 4, a costume worn by Brianna (Bree) caught my eye, and I started working on it before the first e…
Kawandi style quilt project. Great scrap busting project.
Je ne connais plus grand-monde qui daigne passer du temps à raccommoder. Bizarre, les travaux d'aiguilles seraient-ils passés de mode ? Non, ne me dites plus qu'il n'y pas de moderne Pénélope... Hé bien figurez-vous que mon Pinterest se remplie de tutos et conseils en reprisage, raccommodage, patch et autre…
I usually costume Claire from Outlander, and I have outfits from the first 3 seasons. But in season 4, a costume worn by Brianna (Bree) caught my eye, and I started working on it before the first e…
Choosing the right jeans Most of the mending projects I share are pretty extreme examples of patching using sashiko inspired mending techniques combined with my own stitching style. The examples that I share are either my own jeans or those that I've found while shopping at thrift/secondhand shops and garage sales. Whe
Just as I mentioned mending knits with weaving, today I'm mending a pair of jeans! This technique of patching holes in clothing is known as darning and has been used for clothing mending for a very long time. You set up a grid using the running stitch and the area over the hole gets woven,
C'est quoi le Chiku Chiku ?c'est un mot japonais qui désigne une technique d'assemblage de morceaux de tissus avec des points avant. C'est madame Akiko Ike la reine du Chiku Chiku dixit Quiltmania. Je cherchais un panneau original, sans prise de tête,...
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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.
Think about you, quilting. Pair that image with your wildest, most wouldn’t-it-be-amazing dream. What does your marvel of a quilting experience look like? For astronaut Karen Nyberg, her quilting adventure was a literal out-of-this world event: making a quilt block in orbit, on the International Space Station. Wow! Inspiration doesn’t come on a scale much …
The environment and the impact that people have on it is one of the most important topics in today’s world. So it’s no surprise for a lot of people that the fashion industry is known as one of the most polluting industries. Having this in mind, a lot of brands, companies, and organizations have started initiatives and programs to make a positive change towards a better tomorrow.
Sashiko Folk Embroidery: A Japanese Art Sashiko is a form of Japanese folk embroidery using the basic running stitch to create a patterned background. The geometric patterns include straight or cur…
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F.A.Q.'s for Darning Socks Darning has been around forever, and is a simple and useful skill to learn and share. There are many types of darning, most of them work as a technique to weave a patch in place, where the fabric has worn through. Here is a very simple darning step by step that works to weave a patch over the
Embroidery is a beautiful craft which includes different types of stitches. If you are a beginner looking for a tutorial on how to start embroidery with basic stitches
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I usually costume Claire from Outlander, and I have outfits from the first 3 seasons. But in season 4, a costume worn by Brianna (Bree) caught my eye, and I started working on it before the first e…
Katie Treggiden speaks to Emily Mae Martin of TOAST who is leading in bringing repair culture into clothing, homewares, and accessories.
Blog of Susan Elliott where she shares her life through her needlework and photography.
Renate Rusche, 20x20 cm Renate Rusche, 20x20 cm
