Darned! A Hidden History of Darning Samplers – Selvedge Magazine

A few years ago, it was simple: if you had a hole in your t-shirt, jeans or socks, you simply threw them away! Or at least, many did. But there was, and is still, a movement to artistically mend or repair them–to make a feature and statement about a darned, patched or laced tear or hole. What would people have thought

Why do we mend? – Selvedge Magazine

Issue 102 Mend – Selvedge Magazine

MATERIAL POWER: PALESTINIAN EMBROIDERY – Selvedge Magazine

Issue 102 Mend – Selvedge Magazine

Selvedge magazine - The Fabric of your Life – Selvedge Magazine

Inspired by Darning Samplers

Darning Sampler Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Issue 102 Mend – Selvedge Magazine