The commonest motifs are usually floral ... Lots of quilt manufacturers have machinery that stitches sashiko patterns on blankets. Visible mending increases the sustainability of clothes.

We need to be careful not to romanticize the history of mending, a craft that has grown out of necessity. Miho Takeuchi, a traditional sashiko instructor and designer born in Japan and based in ...

The "visible mending" movement is being driven by individuals concerned about the environmental impact of new clothing. But its roots go back centuries to the Japanese tradition of sashiko.

Khounnoraj, author of the 2020 book Visible Mending: A Modern Guide to Darning ... or seek inspiration from the Japanese embroidery tradition Sashiko. No matter what you try, remember that ...

For her mindful mending workshops, Theriault uses a sashiko needle, which is similar to a long darning needle, can pick up multiple stitches at once, and has a large eye for easy threading ...

I swallowed my self-doubt and attended a four-hour workshop to learn to repair my clothing using sashiko visible mending. Sashiko is a Japanese stitching style that involves repairing and ...

Amid the pandemic, as people embrace sustainability, there is a shift towards buying natural fabrics and reusing clothes for as long as possible. This sustainability has also lead to a rise in ...

Romor Sashiko workshops – including one by Rob Jones of Romor Designs – are increasing in popularity (Credit: Romor) Why now? "Now, more than ever, there's a real focus on mending," says ...

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ELLIOTT: Collingswood-Norris traces the history of visible mending to sashiko, a form of Japanese stitching that's been around for centuries. Practitioners of sashiko take clothing before it wears ...