r/Visiblemending • u/DCBiker373 • 1d ago

REQUEST Need Help Getting Started

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Hiya, I've got this hole in the shoulder of one of my favourite tshirts, it's quite big (don't want to risk stretching the material but think I would be able to get up to my knuckle on my first finger), it's just far enough away from the seam that I can't put a new seam in, and the t shirt is too thin to get away with a patch.

How do I mend this without taking away too much from the soft and flowy aesthetic of the shirt? I've never done any sort of embroidery before this, and would really appreciate recommendations on what to do/good youtube videos to follow. Would also appreciate any colour recs as the shirt is a mix of red/purple and idk what colours would look good 😅

If all goes well I have a few other clothes that could do with some mending/upcycling so advice on getting started in general would be wicked

Thank you!

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u/FocusSalt 23h ago

I recommend darning It’s a classic way of visible mending and is pretty easy to do here’s a video on it
https://youtu.be/Xaq3kwHGbDk?is=vLIjE1CeSiFzki2V

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u/DCBiker373 17h ago

Amazing, thank you so much!

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u/Royal_Acanthaceae693 9h ago

BTW the ? & everything after is your user info.