There is a creative reuse trend to mend your clothes with decorative stitches, making the item stronger and also more beautiful. You can listen to my podcast episode about visible mending which originally aired October 2020 in this YouTube video:

Benefits of Visible Mending

1. People get excited about learning new ways to repair their clothes.
2. People reduce how much new clothes they buy.
3. People experience the meditative aspects of stitching.

Artists who Do & Teach Visible Mending

Katrina Rodabaugh – Her book, Mending Matters, is on my desk right now.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CFZswKHpf_A/

Arounna Khounnoraj, Bookhou

https://www.instagram.com/p/CFwv8bhjp1h/

KZ Stevens

https://www.instagram.com/p/CD648xcJWcp/

Gina Niederhumer

Amy Meissner

Mending workshop held via the Anchorage Museum

https://www.instagram.com/p/CGfjwj5nW4O/

Lindzeanne

https://www.instagram.com/p/CGgCbcbnuH2/

Susanne Watson-Bongard

https://www.instagram.com/p/CF0P6AEJI2b/

Show Details

• Script for this podcast episode about visible mending
• The Trashmagination podcast theme music is Kitchen from the Marian Circle Drum Brigade