Patches

Elbow patches on Duncan’s shirt

Visible/decorative stitching

https://littleconkers.co.uk/mending-holes-in-t-shirt/

Jeans with Sashiko mending

April 2026

500 The whole on the right thigh.

500 I cut a piece of cotton fabric to the right size so it covers the hole and all of the thinned-out fabric around it, and pinned it to the back side of the whole (inside the leg).

500 I hand-stitched with a sewing thread around the outside of the piece of backing fabric.

500 With a water-dissolvable fabric marker and a ruler I made a grid of lines to be able to do the Sashiko stitching somewhat consistently.

500 Time for colour selection! Sunset theme…

500 …or high contrast with royal blue and neon yellow?