There are numerous ways to protect the environment, and it’s up to us to choose the most suitable methods to contribute and help our planet. This is especially crucial now, given the many factors contributing to climate change and the degradation of our beloved Mother Earth.

The massive fashion industry shows no signs of slowing down, with clothing production exceeding the actual needs of consumers. It appears that the power to effect change is in our hands, and we should begin with small steps, such as finding ways to minimize the quantity of clothing we purchase. It’s essential to resist the allure of tempting offers that encourage acquiring new items at a low cost, even when there’s no real need for them.

Today, we’d like to share some of the most inspiring posts from the r/Visiblemending community. Members of this group share brilliant methods for repairing clothing and other items, giving them a second life. Some individuals seek advice from more experienced crafty members by posting photos of their damaged items to initiate discussions and discover the best ways to repair them.

#1 It Was Either This Or Thousands Of Dollars To Replace The Whole Floor, They Don’t Make Tile Like That Anymore

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#2 My Favorite Overalls Might Eventually Be More Crochet Cotton Than Denim

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#3 Thank You To Whichever User Suggested This Cat Scratch Patching. Love It So Much!

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#4 You Guys Inspired Me!

Before and after of one of my favorite dresses that had a small stain that bothered me so much that i stopped wearing it. I rose this simple dress from the ashes to make a statement piece I love even more.

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#5 Owl Lost An Eye. My 7yo Asked Me To Make An Eyepatch. Owl Is Now Ready For A New Career As A Pirate

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#6 Can’t Mend His Bones So I’m Mending His Shirt

My son was in an accident where someone ran a red light and hit him on his motorcycle. three surgeries and a month later I got his personal effects including his Joyce manor shirt. I washed it up and stitched up where the EMTs cut through his clothing.

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#7 Everywhere There Is Now A Pigeon There Once A Moth-Hole

The pigeons are needle-felted. For the holes that were larger than one or two knitted loops I used extra strong thread to sew them shut before starting the felting process.

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#8 This Patch Might Bite You In The…rear Pocket Of The Vintage Jeans I Patched. Scrap Of Stretchy Fabric And Sashiko Thread

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#9 When We’re Not Sure A Blanket Stitch Will Be Enough, We Embroider. Overachievers Unite For Mending Glory!

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#10 Mom Patched A Quilt. Pup Has Been Gone A Couple Years Now, But This Lives On

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#11 Someone In R/Cottagecore Recommended This Sub. The Front Fell Off Of My Old Cabinet So I Replaced It With Crochet Granny Squares

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#12 I Salvaged Some Over-Distressed Jeans By Sewing Some Doilies In. Someone Suggested I Share Them Here

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#13 He Didn’t Want To Throw This Rug Away Because It Belonged To His Grandmother

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#14 I Had This Idea The Other Day For A Little Art Project About Mending, And How We, Well, Mend The Broken

Thought this would be cute way to apply that same ideology to physical insecurities, and here it is! patches glued to my legs, lol.

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#15 Torn Jeans Mended With Floral Patches Behind, Now An Artwork About Scars And Healing

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#16 Patched A Small Tear In My Jacket With A Small Felt Bandaid

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#17 Patched Chair

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#18 My First Attempt. I Had A Rip Going Up The Entire Side Of The Pocket. I Tried Some Darning And Then Some Simple Embroidery. The Pocket Is Still Usable

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#19 Someone Chewed A Hole In The Beautiful Quilt My Friend Made. Friend Sent Scraps, Thread And A Letter For The Offender

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#20 My First Time Embroidering! I Hid A Bleach Stain Under A Crocodile

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#21 Embroidered A Little Throwback Dino To Cover A BBQ Sauce Stain

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#22 Some Mended Stairs I Came Across

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#23 A Sharpie Leaked In My Scrubs Pocket And Didn’t Come Out After Several Washes. I Do Work At An Animal Shelter, So I Embroidered A Cat Over The Stain

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#24 Fixed The Cuffs Of A Hoodie With Hand Sewing And Crochet

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#25 Heavily Darned 1000 Year Old Tunic From Egypt

The blue and possibly the brocade are “original”, and everything else is mending. Some darns match, some don’t, and the brown in the middle is quite decorative, but it’s darning too. The museum notes indicate that something about the construction suggests this may have originally been an adult garment, which was then cut down for a child. And then mended, and mended again, most likely passed down to someone else and someone else and someone after that. This is YEARS of wear & loving mending, and on a small garment that means no one could have worn it their whole life, so we’re seeing the history of multiple people who cared about this garment, and cared for it, and kept using it. Fantastic.

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#26 I Got Hair Dye On My Collar. Oh Well, Mending Time!

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#27 Had Some Rips On These Chinos, As Well As Some Stains – Covered Them Up With Leaves

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#28 My Mom Had A Hole In Her Jeans. Now She Has A Poppy Sticking Out Of Her Pocket 🙂

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#29 Mending Hole In Jeans With Rainbow Weave + Patching From Behind

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#30 Ruined Jeans Got A Seriously Cool Upgrade!

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#31 Saw This Precious Workaround In A Booth At A Favorite Restaurant

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#32 Covered A Small Stain On My Bra

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#33 Headphone Pad Fell Off – Chrocheted It Back On!

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#34 Upcycled/Patched/Jeans & Ankara

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#35 Patched And Covered A Rip Next To My Jeans’ Pocket! It’s My First Big Attempt At Decorative Embroidery

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#36 Covered Up A Bleach Stain With A French Knot Sheep!

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#37 Mended A Couple Of Split Laundry Baskets

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#38 The Cats Clawed Up The Side Of The Chair, I Think You Guys Will Like How My Mom Fixed It Up

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#39 Doggo Got A Hold Of My Favorite Dress So I Tried Visible Mending For The First Time

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#40 Found Stained Sweater At The Thrift Store, Given New Life With Dip Dying, New Favorite Sweater!

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#41 My Sock Had A Hole In It. My Six Year Old Removed It From My Foot And Mended It. I Think I’ll Keep It This Way

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#42 Cheap Bra Started Ripping In The Middle. My First Visible Mend

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#43 Color Changing Thread Is My Favorite For Mending

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#44 I Maybe Went A Little Overboard With Darning, But I’m Pleased With This Patch

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#45 I Was Told You Guys May Enjoy The Way I Fixed This Hole In My Shirt!

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#46 Finished!!

These took such a while, but I’m so happy with the end result. I reinforced several thin spots and puckering areas with patches underneath then added lots of embellishments. I like to think of this as my ode to Monet’s water lillies.

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#47 Fixed A Little Tear In My Winter Jacket With A Quick Flower

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#48 Patchwork Outfit I Made From Recycled Fabrics

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#49 Spotted (And Admired) Today

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#50 Never Give Up On Your Jeans

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#51 Yes We Have A Bird. And Yes That Bird Prefers The Left Shoulder

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#52 Used Scrap Fabric To Cover A Stain And Am Feeling Very Fashionable!

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#53 Event Swag Transformation! I Love This Sweatshirt But I Don’t Like Logos On My Clothes, Swipe For The Before

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#54 This Is How I Repair My Dress

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#55 I Got This Free Tote Bag But I Hate Wearing Logos, So I Did A Simple Embroidery Over It

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#56 My 10 Year Old Mended My Jeans For Me

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#57 My First Decorative Mend! My Partner’s Moth Eaten Cashmere Sweater Needed Some Love

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#58 Thrifted These Pants That Didn’t Quite Fit, So I Visibly Altered Their Length / Width!

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#59 Embroidered On Flowers To Cover Some Paint Splatters

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#60 Lazy Daisies Have Covered Up Evidence Of Sloppy Eating/Drinking Habits

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#61 My Favourite Parts Of Our Apartment Are The Visible Mending Of The Floors The Old Owner Did

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#62 I’m In The Process Of Reinforcing A Worn Out Old Sweater. Eventually The Entire Thing Will Be Patched Up But I’m Pretty Pleased With The Results So Far!

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#63 I Fixed My Lamp Using The Stained Glass Soldering Technique, I Was Told You Guys Might Like It 🙂

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#64 Problem Solved Thanks To Some Little Soot Sprite Friends!

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#65 Salvaged Expensive Build A Bear Vaporeon

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#66 Snoopy Shirt Had A Hole, So I Added A Little Woodstock

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#67 When Jeans Are So Comfortable You Just Can’t Let Them Die

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#68 Squishmallow First Aid

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#69 A Planter In Ravello, Italy

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#70 Mended A Small Hole In A T-Shirt With Cross Stitch

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#71 “Repaired” My Granddaughter’s Stick Unicorn

Last time she was here she kept nagging me to fix this little 2 cm. seam opening. So instead of taking the 3 seconds to just sew it back together, I backed it with blood red flannel, added some big black “stitches” over it, then a Velcro band-aid with optional removal felt pool of blood. She’ll love it.

The poor unicorn has a hard life & is used mostly as a weapon to bop her big sister, FYI.

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#72 Don’t Really Know How To Embroider But Also I Don’t Wanna Give Up On My Jeans… The Result Is A Janky Looking Meadow

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#73 This Mending Goes Out To Everyone Who Has Been Similarly Blessed With A Sizable Tush (Each Color Is A Different Mend)

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#74 Victim Of A Dog Attack Gets Reconstructive Surgery

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#75 Favorite Shorts Too Tight? Expand Them With Racing Stripes!

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#76 Pulled A Sweater Out Of Storage And Noticed A Big Hole On The Front. This Is My First Time With Visible Mending!

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#77 My Favorite Hoodie Had A Huge Tear In It So I Made My First Attempt At Visible Mending

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#78 A Decade Of Repairs. We’ve Been Through A Lot Together. They Were Once Pants

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#79 Pattern, Yellow And Green

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#80 I Go To Welding School And People Are Constantly Throwing Away Gloves With Only One Or Two Holes; At This Rate I’ll Never Need To Buy Another Pair. Franken-Gloves For The Win!

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#81 “Oh That Stain Will Wash Out!” Spoiler: It Did Not… Good Thing I Love A Nice Mending Embroidery

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#82 An Old And Well Loved Dolly Shirt, Pretty Normal… But What’s That In The Corner??

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#83 The Belt Loop Ripped On My Favorite Pants…

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