Easy Japanese Visible Mending
I bought a jean jacket for a denim painting workshop I took, but the jacket was extremely weathered and torn--to the extent that my hanger kept poking through the holes in the shoulders. I decided to fix my problem and do it in a beautiful, artistic way with basic sashiko visible mending techniques.
I wanted my visible mending to be really colorful, so I started with some gorgeous, rainbow-hued watercolor print fabric.
I collected a variety of different embroidery floss colors and threads of different thicknesses and textures for my project.
Start by pinning a patch of fabric in place under the hole you want to patch.
Then just start sewing! It's just the most basic, simple running stitch. Under over, under over.
Sew up and down and side to side to create stability and integrate the patch into the fabric of the jacket. So pretty, right? I'm so delighted with how it turned out!
I made a video to show you just how easy it is to do this style of visible mending. Now I wish more of my clothes had holes. 
This technique is good for more than just mending clothes, though. I used the same technique and some scraps to make a set of coasters for myself.
I've also made a gorgeous kitchen/tea towel with this technique, and I think the throw pillows on the couch are up next!
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