Thank you for this! I have a denim jacket with a couple holes in the sleeve now and am going to try this. What are your thoughts about darning a tear in a duvet? Good idea or might I be better to patch it?
They can be! For something that stretchy though I don't think darning would be the best technique unless the whole is on the small side. I've done some patches before on stretchy sweatpants by placing a fabric with similar stretchy underneath the hole and going around the edge with a zig zag stitch on the machine - I need to learn more about doing patches on strech fabric by hand :)
I remember my Mom darning socks in the 70's using the "egg" from Leggs panty hose. I now know it was for tension. Inspirational post
Colors are the fun part!
Thank you for this! I have a denim jacket with a couple holes in the sleeve now and am going to try this. What are your thoughts about darning a tear in a duvet? Good idea or might I be better to patch it?
Also any advice on thread options would be super for a future post!
Depends how big the hole in the duvet is - if it's small I think darning would be nice but for a bigger hole I'd patch it. I'll make my next tutorial about patching but this one that I found also looks like a good place to start as well (https://blog.closetcorepatterns.com/how-to-fix-ripped-jeans-with-visible-mending-sashiko-and-denim-patches/)
Wonderful! Thank you - looking closer at the tear, (it’s L shaped, like it was slit almond on something), I think a patch is probably best too.
Can material like leggings be mended or is that material too thin?
They can be! For something that stretchy though I don't think darning would be the best technique unless the whole is on the small side. I've done some patches before on stretchy sweatpants by placing a fabric with similar stretchy underneath the hole and going around the edge with a zig zag stitch on the machine - I need to learn more about doing patches on strech fabric by hand :)