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A worn patch of denim covered by a large sunburst darn worked in cream thread.

Mending by Tess

Repairs, alterations, embellishments.

From $10 / DM or text

Before / After

Denim inseam

worn through where the seams meet

Light-wash jeans worn into open holes on both sides of the seam junction, with loose threads across the gaps.

The same seam junction with both holes darned closed in tonal thread, the surface flat and continuous.

Pocket edge

frayed back to the white

Front jeans pocket with the curved opening frayed to a pale white edge and beginning to split.

The same pocket opening wrapped and bound along its length in bright orange thread.

Shirt placket

shredded along the fold

Striped cotton shirt with the placket edge worn through into a ragged strip of loose pale fibre.

The same placket rebuilt and covered with a band of black and gold embroidery running its length.

Jeans

split at the seat and pocket

Pale jeans on a wooden floor with a long frayed split running below the seam and a smaller tear above it.

The same jeans with both splits backed by darker denim patches stitched in from behind.

Work

Carhartt jeans back pocket with a long tear backed by a denim patch, held with rows of orange cross-stitch. — Carhartt pocket — patch behind the tear, orange cross-stitch

Brown leather Chelsea boot whose side gusset has been rewoven in a checked pattern of pink, blue and yellow yarn. — Chelsea boot — elastic gusset rewoven

Navy and green striped sweater with an oval patch on each elbow, edged in pale blanket stitch. — Striped sweater — both elbows patched, sleeve seam re-sewn

Folded jeans with a large circular sunburst darn in cream thread covering a worn patch of denim. — Denim — sunburst darn over a worn patch

Grey wool glove seen palm-on, with patches of multicoloured darning across the palm and fingers. — Wool glove — darned in eight places, two angles

The same grey wool glove from the side, showing orange, pink and blue darns along the fingers and thumb. — Wool glove — darned in eight places, two angles

Deep red knitted sweater with a small woven darn closing a hole below the collar. — Red sweater — hole below the collar woven shut

Light-wash Levi's with two small woven darns in orange and red at the corners of the pockets. — Levi's — two pocket corners rebuilt

Grey wool sweater sleeves with a small green circular darn and a small orange triangular darn. — Grey sweater — two holes closed, a dot and a triangle

Prices & Contact

$10

Base asking price. It goes up depending on the type of repair, the time and the materials needed.

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