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Showerthought: Saw a woman in a coffee shop in Seattle patch her jeans with a piece of an old work shirt.
It was just a simple square of faded denim, but the way she stitched it on with bright orange thread changed my whole view on repairs. Now I look at every tear as a chance to add a story. Anyone else started designing around flaws instead of hiding them?
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linda_dixon493mo ago
That line about every tear being a chance to add a story really got me. My favorite jacket has a rip on the elbow from a bike fall. I sewed a patch from an old bandana under it, so the colors peek through. It went from being my "almost ruined" jacket to the one I get the most comments on. Fixing things that way makes them feel more yours.
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blair_taylor323mo ago
Oh that's brilliant, @linda_dixon49. Hiding the patch underneath is such a smart twist, it's like the rip becomes a window to something cool instead of just a hole. It makes the whole "fixing it" part of the story way more interesting than just making it look new again. I've got a pair of jeans with a blown-out knee I've been staring at for a week, and you just convinced me to try something like that instead of tossing them.
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fiona_west213mo ago
Wait, you sewed the patch under the rip? That's such a cool idea, I've never thought of doing it that way. It must look amazing with the colors just showing through the tear. My mending always looks so obvious and clumsy, but that sounds really pretty. It really does turn a bad memory into something you want to show off.
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laura_schmidt8220d ago
That's exactly how it feels with my stuff too. I've got a denim jacket where the sleeve got caught on a fence and tore. Patched it with a scrap of floral fabric from an old dress my mom gave me. Now that little flower poking through the rip gets more attention than the whole rest of the jacket. Always feels better when the fix tells a story instead of just covering up the mistake.
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