It’s not too late to sow sweet peas - so easy to It’s not too late to sow sweet peas - so easy to grow and blissfully fragrant in the summer months. 
They were my mum’s favourite flower, so growing them now feels like a precious connection. Especially when I pick some and arrange them in her beautiful old blue and gold jug just as she used to do with the sweet peas my dad grew for her every year.
There are some really handy tips for growing success from founder of The Real Flower Company Rosebie Morton over on the blog (link in bio). Rosebie has a whole farm dedicated to sweet peas near Chichester so she knows a thing or two about the subject!
Main thing I’ve picked up from her is to allow lots of depth for root growth at this stage and to make my own supportive wigwams from twiggy branches when the plants are really starting to go for it and need a bit of direction. This photo is making me yearn slightly.
I love this image of my friend Jo - we were trying I love this image of my friend Jo - we were trying out tiny living for a feature I was writing - this was taken on our way to indulge in a spot of forest bathing. To be totally honest, we were both a little sceptical beforehand. But we were only saying the other day how taken aback we both were by the amazing effect it had. I’m working on some new ideas around the subject - will keep you posted. X
I’m currently working on a redesign of the whole I’m currently working on a redesign of the whole site - which has meant lots of photo editing and reorganising so much content. What’s been lovely (despite the claw hand from so much keyboard work!) is revisiting work and becoming engrossed all over again. I thought I’d share a few of the things I’ve been (re) loving - with links in the bio to the old site for now, but not for long…! X
This  image is from a feature about preserving garden roses. I’m going to give this a really good go this year, now I have a better idea what I’m doing. I know there’s nothing quite like a fragrant fresh rose in Summer but there’s a fragile beauty to dried and preserved flowers that I also love, don’t you?
Snowdrops 🌱🤍 . . . . . . #capturequiet #ins Snowdrops 🌱🤍 
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#capturequiet #instabritain #natureandnourish #thewildernesstonic #cornersofmyworld
Signed copies of Bex Partridge’s new book Flower Signed copies of Bex Partridge’s new book Flowers Forever to be won! My bio has the link to enter as well as to get a peek inside. Beautifully photographed by Laura Edwards, I really enjoyed escaping into the pages and making plans for my own garden - hope you do too! X
To the Moon and Back Hares KNITTING PATTERN by Cla To the Moon and Back Hares KNITTING PATTERN by Claire Garland aka @dotpebbles_knits has to be the perfect post Christmas craft project 😊 
If you fancy getting your needles out to make this adorable pair, the link to buy Claire’s pattern is in my bio. Happy knitting! X
Thank you so much to Sarah @floribundaroseflorists Thank you so much to Sarah @floribundaroseflorists for a wonderful wreath making workshop yesterday. Such a special and creative space to spend time. I loved making my wreath - I went for a mixture of greenery arranged quite randomly with red waxed fresh apples, dried hydrangea, dried flowers, poppy and nigella seed heads and a winter white velvet bow. 
There were so many wonderful ingredients to choose from we were really spoiled for choice. 
Sarah’s new studio is such a beautiful, creative space. Think fragrant botanical candles flickering everywhere, mulled wine and apple juice simmering on the stove and containers full of fragrant festive greenery, waxed fruit, dried flowers and oranges, pine cones, lichen covered branches and even tiny gold wax-dipped fresh crab apples. 
Thank you for being so patient with my lengthy ribbon choice deliberations Sarah - and for bagging up a second choice option (dusky pink) to take home! X.  #wreathmaking #wreath #wreathsofinstagram #sustainablewreaths #wreathdecor #christmaswreath #velvetribbon #christmasdecor #festiveflowers
I’ve loved Olga Prinku’s work for ages now - s I’ve loved Olga Prinku’s work for ages now - she came up with the genius idea of embroidering on tulle using nature as her thread - and the results are sublime - like this Autumn colours beauty from her latest book.
I’m delighted that Olga is offering a fantastic prize bundle to my readers. For a chance to win one of her beautiful new dried flower embroidery kits (in collaboration with @driedandfloral ) as well as a signed copy of her wonderful new book(published by @quadrillebooks , pop over to my blog (link in my bio). It’s easy to enter so why don’t you give yourself a chance of winning this very lovely prize? Good luck! 
#driedflowers #driedflowerembroidery #olgaprinku #embroideryhoop #flowerembroidery #competitiontime #signedbooks #embroideryart #flowersontulle #autumn #autumncolours #hoopart #allthingsbotanical #instacraft
This beautiful image is by Laura Pashby @circleofp This beautiful image is by Laura Pashby @circleofpines and is from her beautiful new book Little Stories of Your Life. 
It’s packed with inspiration and practical ideas to help you become a visual story teller. Because, as Laura says, it’s the little moments that make up the fabric of all of our lives - and those moments are worth capturing and sharing with others.
We have three signed copies of the book to give away - just click the link in my bio to find out more. There’s a peek inside and a lovely film by @xantheb to enjoy too! X 
#littlemoments #littlestoriesbook #alifeofwords #lostinwords #competition #booksarelife #mindfulphotography #bookstagram #booksmakemehappy #booksconnectus #igreads #whatareyoureading #signedbooks
Thanks to Lisa from @inthemaking_aprons who has sh Thanks to Lisa from @inthemaking_aprons who has shared her wonderfully creative ideas for visibly mending well-loved clothing in need of repair and a little TLC.
She had me at ‘sometimes I like to use giant sequins…’ 
Hope you like Lisa’s ideas as much as I do. The link to head over to my blog and get all her step by steps is in my bio x
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MAKE · October 1, 2021

Easy visible mending with sequins

Easy visible mending with sequins

I first came across Lisa Bennett’s wonderful In the Making aprons a few years ago now when researching for a blog post. I’d spent hours trawling to pick out the very best workwear aprons to share with my readers… and was feeling a touch jaded by the time I happened upon one of her designs. It was a sturdy little number crafted from striped denim with bright red straps that crossed over the back and it stopped me in my tracks. I love those moments. It’s partly the thrill of the chase for me – and also excitement at the prospect of sharing my findings with you.

Turns out, Lisa hand crafts the most beautiful collection of workwear aprons, specifically designed for artists, makers and potters and as soon as I’d shared my findings with my readers, it was obvious from their response that they loved them too.

Lisa and I have collaborated very happily ever since and were recently chatting about the subject of mending clothes. I mentioned I’d had a (not entirely successful) attempt at mending a much-loved cardigan and Lisa casually dropped in that she’d been experimenting with visible mending. Using sequins, sometimes giant sequins, in clever ways. She had me at ‘giant sequins’ and I knew I had to share her ideas with you. Lisa has very kindly shared her tips and step by steps for repairing damaged and worn old knitwear or fabric in three different – wonderfully spangly – ways. I hope you love the idea of visible mending with sequins as much as I do!


Lisa’s tips and ideas for easy visible mending

The environmental impact of the fashion industry (not to mention working conditions) needs to be corrected, as Laura says on her FBWL welcome page: “it’s about buying less but buying better and buying close to home”. We need to cherish our clothes and home textiles, extending their life with good care, mending and re-purposing.

This year two of my favourite cardigans emerged from Winter storage full of moth holes. In years gone by, at least one of them would have been binned. Now I see the damage as a challenge, to think of ways to prolong their life.

I decided to disguise the damage with little clusters of sequins, and in the process give them a really unique and personal touch. I came up with three different ways to use them – applicable to different types of damage. There’s clusters of sequins to repair scattered damage, small ‘patches’ to repair tears or larger moth holes and sampler ‘blocks’ to repair larger areas of wear. There’s a creativity to visible mending that I love – I hope you do too!

Easy visible mending

You will need

  • A needle
  • thread to match your jumper or item of clothing
  • thread to sew sequins (matching or contrast)
  • pins
  • a few sequins (see the end of this post for links to where I buy my sequins)

First thing to do with a holey/moth damaged jumper is to kill off any potential moth eggs to prevent further damage. Best way to do this is to seal the jumper in a bag and place in the freezer for a couple of days and continue to store in a bag).  

How to disguise scattered moth holes

how to repair moth holes in knitwear with sequins

Using matching thread, working on the back of the jumper, carefully pick up the knitted stitches (2 or 3 at a time) all around the hole.

how to repair a hole in knitwear
mending moth holes in knitwear
how to repair moth holes in knitwear

Squeeze the hole together with your fingers and stitch through the knitting, poking the needle through from the front and then back again from behind with small stitches, making a little seam. It might look a bit puckered at this stage, but it will look better when it’s lightly pressed with the iron (and completely hidden behind sequins!!)

Mark the location of each hole by sewing a couple of loops of contrast thread next to them. 

mark the location of holes with coloured threads

On the right side, arrange the sequins over the stitched holes in patterns or sprinkle to help give a random effect – don’t be afraid to overlap them. Use your phone to photograph the sequin arrangement as reference, in case the sequins move or fall off whilst you’re stitching. I pinned my sequins in place, but you have to take care that the thread doesn’t get caught up in them.

position the sequins in place

Using your chosen thread sew the sequins in place bringing the needle up through the sequin hole over the sequin and down over the edge into the fabric, then up through the hole again, making enough stitches to secure the sequin and create a pattern. The sequins I use have off-centre holes, so my stitches were in an asymmetrical pattern.

sew the sequins in place
create a pretty sprinkled design with sequins over the repaired holes
how to repair moth holes or patch over holes with sequins

Here’s the finished result, carefully pressed to reduce any puckering. I think I actually prefer it now to the original – totally unique and more interesting. Instead of throwing it away, I’ll wear it for years to come!

how to repair holes in knitwear with sequins

How to make a sequin ‘patch’ to repair a tear or large moth hole

how to patch repair a wool cardigan eaten by moths with sequins

The damage to my green cardigan was confined to the bottom corner of the opening edge – my instinct was to echo the right angle shape in a neat rectangular block of sequins. The cardigan is such a beautiful green, I wanted to continue that colour theme in the sequin selection, along with lovely balancing tones.

As a designer I use colour theory ‘complementary colours’ to help develop colour combinations. Here I chose to go with greens and pinks, with blue/green and yellow/green in the mix to avoid being too formulaic or predictable.

how to repair wool cardi

I first of all pulled the hole edges together in the same way as before, before marking out a rectangle shape using a ruler and pins. The sequins were sewn around the 4 sides first as a border, then, starting from the left top corner I filled in the middle with columns of sequins.

how to repair wool cardi
how to repair wool cardi

Here’s the finished repair. I love how it looks – not pretending to be anything other than a visible mend – albeit a pretty, spangly one!

How to make a sequin sampler ‘block’ to repair areas of wear on fabric

repair linen with sequins mixed sampler patch

I so enjoyed the two cardigan repair projects that I decided to play about a bit more with size and colour. This sampler idea would be perfect for creating patches to repair areas of wear on fabric. I’ve used thread colour to match and contrast with the sequins – and used different sized sequins to add interest.

Below is another idea I played with, using contrasting thread sewn in different patterns around the sequins. It’s fun to play around with this, so I hope I’ve given you some ideas to get you started.

repair knitwear with sequins moth hole repair blue sequins with contrasting thread

Where to buy your sequins

I bought my flat, printed sequins at The Knitting & Stitching Show a few years ago. Sequins come in all shapes, sizes and gorgeous colours not just the sparkly disco kind!

Places to buy:

The Sustainable Sequin Co on Etsy

Vintage Swarovski glass sequins from Sew & Co

aartijtrims.com

josyrose.com

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Comments

  1. Jane says

    October 16, 2021 at 12:12 am

    Love the Cardi now!

    Reply
    • Laura Dunkley says

      October 16, 2021 at 8:32 am

      Me too – I’m so glad I shared Lisa’s clever ideas here!

      Reply
  2. Michelle H says

    October 16, 2021 at 12:23 am

    Oh, I love this idea! At first I thought the embellishment on the grey sweater was embroidery, another idea, but the sequins are really charming too. I’m so glad for you that you were able to salvage your gorgeous green sweater. Love that color. And to be sure, the grey too. I simply cannot have too many sweaters. This was a great post. Thank you.

    Reply
    • Laura Dunkley says

      October 16, 2021 at 8:30 am

      So glad you enjoyed it 😊

      Reply
  3. Deborah Mote says

    October 20, 2021 at 3:32 pm

    Thanks for the inspiration:)

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It’s not too late to sow sweet peas - so easy to It’s not too late to sow sweet peas - so easy to grow and blissfully fragrant in the summer months. 
They were my mum’s favourite flower, so growing them now feels like a precious connection. Especially when I pick some and arrange them in her beautiful old blue and gold jug just as she used to do with the sweet peas my dad grew for her every year.
There are some really handy tips for growing success from founder of The Real Flower Company Rosebie Morton over on the blog (link in bio). Rosebie has a whole farm dedicated to sweet peas near Chichester so she knows a thing or two about the subject!
Main thing I’ve picked up from her is to allow lots of depth for root growth at this stage and to make my own supportive wigwams from twiggy branches when the plants are really starting to go for it and need a bit of direction. This photo is making me yearn slightly.
I love this image of my friend Jo - we were trying I love this image of my friend Jo - we were trying out tiny living for a feature I was writing - this was taken on our way to indulge in a spot of forest bathing. To be totally honest, we were both a little sceptical beforehand. But we were only saying the other day how taken aback we both were by the amazing effect it had. I’m working on some new ideas around the subject - will keep you posted. X
I’m currently working on a redesign of the whole I’m currently working on a redesign of the whole site - which has meant lots of photo editing and reorganising so much content. What’s been lovely (despite the claw hand from so much keyboard work!) is revisiting work and becoming engrossed all over again. I thought I’d share a few of the things I’ve been (re) loving - with links in the bio to the old site for now, but not for long…! X
This  image is from a feature about preserving garden roses. I’m going to give this a really good go this year, now I have a better idea what I’m doing. I know there’s nothing quite like a fragrant fresh rose in Summer but there’s a fragile beauty to dried and preserved flowers that I also love, don’t you?
Snowdrops 🌱🤍 . . . . . . #capturequiet #ins Snowdrops 🌱🤍 
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#capturequiet #instabritain #natureandnourish #thewildernesstonic #cornersofmyworld
Signed copies of Bex Partridge’s new book Flower Signed copies of Bex Partridge’s new book Flowers Forever to be won! My bio has the link to enter as well as to get a peek inside. Beautifully photographed by Laura Edwards, I really enjoyed escaping into the pages and making plans for my own garden - hope you do too! X
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If you fancy getting your needles out to make this adorable pair, the link to buy Claire’s pattern is in my bio. Happy knitting! X
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There were so many wonderful ingredients to choose from we were really spoiled for choice. 
Sarah’s new studio is such a beautiful, creative space. Think fragrant botanical candles flickering everywhere, mulled wine and apple juice simmering on the stove and containers full of fragrant festive greenery, waxed fruit, dried flowers and oranges, pine cones, lichen covered branches and even tiny gold wax-dipped fresh crab apples. 
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I’m delighted that Olga is offering a fantastic prize bundle to my readers. For a chance to win one of her beautiful new dried flower embroidery kits (in collaboration with @driedandfloral ) as well as a signed copy of her wonderful new book(published by @quadrillebooks , pop over to my blog (link in my bio). It’s easy to enter so why don’t you give yourself a chance of winning this very lovely prize? Good luck! 
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It’s packed with inspiration and practical ideas to help you become a visual story teller. Because, as Laura says, it’s the little moments that make up the fabric of all of our lives - and those moments are worth capturing and sharing with others.
We have three signed copies of the book to give away - just click the link in my bio to find out more. There’s a peek inside and a lovely film by @xantheb to enjoy too! X 
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She had me at ‘sometimes I like to use giant sequins…’ 
Hope you like Lisa’s ideas as much as I do. The link to head over to my blog and get all her step by steps is in my bio x
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Hope you enjoy - and find a little bit of creative inspiration too. X

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