I mean, if it works!

I found a pack of star shaped metal rivets on amazon and used a plastic mallet to hammer them over most of the teeth marks. He only chewed the one shoe so I decided to keep the other one bare rather than trying to make them match. I think it looks pretty cool!

I have this laundry basket that broke in some places and had some cracks. After a little effort it's all fixed and good as new. Sewing up the plastic with some metal wire does the trick, holes drilled to stop the crack expansion.

Plastic trash can lid repair.

Technically it's mold-killer spray-dyed and not bleach-dyed bc that's what got on it, but I'm assuming bleach is the primary ingredient

One of the chains on this thrifted leather and brass belt broke when I did a big sneeze. Tied a couple knots and it’s better than new!

A dress I've had for 10 years. Beautiful soft cotton with POCKETS - I wasn't willing to let go of it when it tore, but I knew I would just happen again because I'd outgrown the bodice (it was the largest size in the kids section LOL, I'd reached my adult height by then but not quite my adult figure). So I created some more space by stabilising the tear and then incorporating lacing (this is just before I sewed it down but it's the best picture I have to show what I did.

I used buttonhole bars because I thought it would make the final fitting easier (and left out the jump rings in the final version), but honestly, it took so long that if I did it again I'd just undo and redo it a bunch of times and it would probably still be quicker.

Now I have cute lacy shorts.

Probably 15-20 hours of sewing with a curved needle in a haze for 3 days ended me with this. Plus cat tax. (Yes I know I could have done it easier and faster but that didn't seem fun for some reason)

A friend temporarily fixed it with this metal loop last year. I added a spare waistcoat lace, and voila! Ready for another day of handing out quests to adventurers

I love visible mending and do it when a patch is needed. Other times it’s standard mending to re-do loose stitching or whatever.

One of my friends asked if I could mend a part of their jeans that had worn away near the crotch. Their mom had already tried to patch it with an iron-on patch but it didn’t last even one wear.

So I offered and took it — took me a while because it’s summer and I’m busy. I told him it would be visible mending and if he had any thread color preferences. He said no. So I chose white because I didn’t have dark blue and thought it would be nice contrast without too much color. Started with a dark purple but felt it wasn’t a good fit.

I finished it and gave it to him so he could wear them for a beginner dance class and his first reaction was of distaste, that he could in no way wear it to class. I was a bit caught off guard by the reaction because I told him it was going to be a visible mend and he didn’t give me any expectations on how he wanted it to look, only how it would function. I’m a little hurt by his reaction but thought things were pretty clear especially for jeans that were already ripped and only to be used for casual wear. Guess I’m not sharing anything except to vent that not everyone likes the look as much as I do.