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Wintry little darnscape. Hello '19 (late to the party) (what party?) #darnscape #visiblemending #visiblerepair #lovedclotheslast #slowstitch #slowfashion #handstitched #handrepair #handmend #handmending #darning #darned #wellworn #patchitup #makeandmend #makedoandmend #mendit #craftivism #wornwear
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Gray Saturday -day after Black Friday, black in its evil sense- is for darning of course #darning #darn #visiblemending #slowstitching #slowfashion #lovedclotheslast #craftivism #menditation
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Black -DRESS- Friday mend: A dress is like love, it says here, the more trouble it gives you, the hotter it is. Illustration by Armand la Vallee from la Vie Parisienne, 1921: 'de fil en aiguille' -from thread to needle, or one thing leads to another. Doesn't it just though, when shopping for new stuff? From overconsumption to ruined planet. Subtle thought of the day you're welcome #1920s #roaringtwenties #1921 #lavieparisienne #vintagesewing #visiblemending #slowstitching #slowfashion #dontshop #boycottblackfriday #mendspiration #defilenaiguille #armandvallee
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Weekend Mend Library... some out of print gems to hunt down. Mend It! by Maureen Goldsworthy comes to you from 1979 and is imo the best technical guide - scroll for glimpse of her stocking weave (makes it look so easy), some joining techniques etc, but move quickly past the intro, headed As invisible as possible... which, obviously, is wrong and evil. This is partly in honor of the 3 -three!- fab new mend books by Jessica Marquez @miniaturerhino Jenny Wilding Carson @visible.mending and la diva of denim @katrinarodabaugh -get those first! #visiblemending #invisiblemending #iswrong #mending #mendingbooks #mendit #1979 #mendspiration #darning #slowstitching #slowfashion #lovedclotheslast #craftivism #firstwave
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Big hole little hole: one with my lovely Soviet Mashina dlia shtopki, one in teeny nibbles: wanted to see how variegated yarn came out on the Mashina - kind of nicely! But after struggles because too thick. Whoever makes the next-gen speedweve should do several sizes! It's on my fab 1988 (really!) Jigsaw ribbed zipped hooded cardi, made in Hong Kong which we used to think meant a bit cheap & shoddy - GOD if we'd known what's coming... #gonevintageinmycloset #darned #darning #visiblemending #speedweve #mashinadliashtopki #slowfashion #slowstitching #lovedclotheslast #madeinhongkong #ribknit #handstitched #1980sfashion #cardiganlovers
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A patchiko with proper sashiko thread which I rarely use but it suited this truly enormous 1970s Indonesian frock with its truly enormous rip. Swipe to pull back #patchiko #sashiko #visiblemending #handstitched #patch #freestitch #embroidery #stitchery #1970sfashion #indonesiantextile #vintagesewing #slowstitching #slowfashion #lovedclotheslast #➰
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As needlepoint cushions go (not normally very far imo) this is peak. Circa 1950 by Sylvia Sidney, big stage & screen star in her day, self taught needlepointer, commissioned by Judy Garland, Mrs Simpson the Duchess of Windsor--& David Craig, leading coach of singers & actors, whose prayer this was #bastardwithtalent #needlepoint #needlepointpillow #needlepointspiration #craftspiration #visiblemending #sortof #handstitched #slowstitching #vintagesewing #vintageneedlepoint #craftivism #earlywork #sylviasidney #starofstageandscreen #1950s
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Pilly & faded but loved 1992 fancycashmere (scored at Daffys! Who remembers Daffys?) had surgery at V and cuff #90sfashion #pilled #vneck #cashmeresweater #gianfrancoferre #visiblemending #slowstitch #handrepair #makeandmend #mendit #craftivism #wornwear #wellworn #handstitching #➰
