Crafts: On the mend, two ways
Hey, look at this! When I saw this man locking his bike outside a thrift store, I spontaneously shot him from the back. Then I realized I better explain myself; it was the jeans that drew my eye: Jeans Guy shows his chops Jeans Guy said he's been doing this kind of mending for years. He had also screen-printed some of the patches on the jeans and his messenger bag. I noticed the care he had taken, removing the pockets to patch the seat, then detailing the pockets and using sashiko stitches to re-apply those. At a thrift, I found a pink jeans jacket and, encouraged by his work, now want to do something with it. Here's the before version: "What will she do with me?" I thought that with some pointers, I could try sashiko and maybe some boro. Jenny Lennick's "Jenny Lemons" blog has just what I was looking for, a beginner sashiko on a jeans jacket tutorial . Her own jacket is in progress too; she plans to completely cover it: Photo courtesy Jenny Lennick, o
