The Mending Project
Do you have clothes you love that need just a little bit of mending? Then you are in the right place.
I am a fashion and textile maker, mender, and designer on a mission to prolong the life of the clothes we love.
Have a look through my portfolio and if you need my help please get in contact so we can discuss the damage and the price of the mend.
Mending Options
There are many forms of creative mending, so I have sorted them into categories to make it easier to navigate what you are looking for. The easiest way to narrow down what you need is to follow the fabric-based guide below. Prices vary for each style of mending, the size of the mend, and the amount of creative input required. I have included starting prices for each.
Woven Textiles
Knitted Textiles
Denim
Woven darning essentially creates a new woven fabric attached and overlapping the current tear. This can be done in a matching thread colour to disguise the mend, or a contrasting one to highlight it.
Prices depend on damage
Starting from...........£10
Traditional darning is also used on knitwear, creating a different texture that can highlight the life of a garment.
Example 1 ( ight) : Kintsugi inspired mend on textured knit.
starts from........................£10
Example 2 (middle): Mixture of textures and colours to create unique textile effects.
Starts from......................£10
Darning on denim can be done in the traditional way, creating a new fabric over a hole. Denim allows us to also use the leftover weft threads to darn with, infusing the old fabric with new strength.
Starting from....................................£5
Swiss darning follows the same principles as traditional darning except it is used exclusively for repairing knitwear. The darn pattern recreates the loop structure of stockinette stitching, the most common stitch used for knitwear.
Starting from...........................................£15
This is a series of techniques I have developed to help 'repair' textured fabrics. The end result will be a collaborative design that fulfills the client's needs and explores making the damaged texture more beautiful.
Starting from .................................................................................................£30
Embroidery can be used to customise any garment or repair, we can work creatively together to find a motif that fits you and the garment at hand.
starting from.....................................................................£30
Japanese Sashiko stitching is part mending, part meditation method. Following the Wabi-Sabi philosophy, Sashiko allows us to take time to repair what we love and to highlight the life it has already lived. Built mostly from carefully placed patches and running stitches, this technique is perfect for denim to restore some strength and create some beauty.
prices depend on pattern and size:
Simple Pattern.........................................................................................................................................£10
Complex Pattern......................................................................................................................................£20
Patchwork takes a patch of unrelated fabric, sometimes with a design on it, to cover and reinforce the damaged area.
You can purchase my own patches in my shop.
Attaching starts from................................................£5
Denim collage takes scraps of denim and arranges them to reinforce a damaged area whilst also creating a unique design.
Denim Collage starts from .......................................£10
