PHOTO UPDATE Mini Boro Textile Art Mending Patches on Pocket Pants Clothes Repair: Mending Ways Story 9

PHOTO UPDATE Mini Boro Textile Art Mending Patches on Pocket Pants Clothes Repair:  Mending Ways Story 9

Someone "out there" heard me and sent photo updates!  BEFORE:

Photo via Etsy buyer who has used my mini boro textile art patches as decorative utilitarian patches!  And then sent me pictures of how well they are holding up after laundry cleaning!  My favorite part of doing the laundry is seeing how my mending comes out after a machine wash!  And here they are from an Etsy buyer!  Thank you M!  Photo via Etsy buyer.

Here is the note I received with the email:

I love that you enjoy the metamorphosis of your patches. I will always look for the changes on them from now on...

AFTER:

Wow!  I love how this looks after it's been washed!  I already can feel my fingers, needles and threads are itching to stitch on this one!  I even have the color threads picked out in my mind!  

Photo via Etsy buyer.  Thank you!

So cool!  Thank you for sending the photos M, so I can  how other patches might change after a wash or two!  And I'm so happy and thankful that someone else will now be enjoying how the patches morph after each wash!  Which is one of my favorite parts of the process of mending!

So this is basically the excitement I feel when my mended clothing comes out of the wash!  I just want to start stitching on them over and over!

Photo via thoughtful Etsy buyer!  Thank you!

All I can say is that I'm so excited to see them and I am itching to add more stitching and tiny patches over patches already over some of the worn patchwork spots I see and they aren't even my pants to do that too!  Well, I can wish and dream on....
Photo via kind Etsy buyer.  Thank you!

Here is a photo of the original patches before they were sewn on:

More mini boro patches at Hoarder Rehab, here and even more boro patches at our new shop, Mending Ways, here.  Photo via Hoarder Rehab

Saying Goodbye:  Seeing these "AFTER" photos of my patches after being washed, really gets me going!  I am so excited about their metamorphosis that I really want to go patch up my clothing, even if it's just "fake" patching or better said as "decorative art patching!"

What I Learned:

1.  I think I'm more excited over her patches than my own!  My own mended clothing are repaired with falling flowers or what I call scribble doodle patches, but now I'm so motivated to use the boro decorative art patches on my own clothing!  I hope I can find more time after I list 24 patches at our new shop, Mending Ways!

2.  My little "hoarder" recovering mind has difficulties when I have too many options open for me and I end up overthinking, so I think that's why I mend my clothes when they actually "need" to be mended, as in finally get a hole in them or get a rip in them!  Yes, it's a cause of celebration for me!  Even stains are a cause for stitch celebrations!

I mean, some of my clothing have so many worn spots in the fabric, it keeps me busy, but I'm always mending them with thread until they actually need a patch.  It's a very slow process for me.

3.  So my new goal will be to try "fake" mending in spots that don't really need it, but could use some decorative textile art!  without thinking about it all day long!  That should be interesting.

4.  I'm still not sleeping well, but I did sleep well last night, so I 'm going to keep on doing what I've been doing to see if I can sleep better every night!  Life is such a big huge changing experiment!

What's your latest experiment?  I have many experiments going.... especially with all my food allergies, so eating for me is basically an on going experiment.  Sleep remedies is a challenging experiment and I'm so excited to start my "less thinking" decorative fake patching experiment!

If you like the patches this Etsy buyer used, you might like the ones above or if one or some of the patches you like are sold out, just let me know and I'll make you a custom order. 

More mini boro patches at Hoarder Rehab, here and even more boro patches at our new shop, Mending Ways, here.  Photo via Hoarder Rehab

I can't thank you enough Etsy buyer M for hearing my call to "out there" from reading my blog post and making my dream come true by sending me close ups of my-our-your patches after they've been through the wash!  I wish you knew how happy and thankful I am for your kindness and time.  And I can't believe how much I want to stitch some more on your patches after seeing them!  It's really motivating me to do some for myself!

You are such an inspiring force for me!  Thank you for your emails and friendship!  Especially your emails of purging and sending me photos of how organized you get!  I am willing to work to be that organized with all my collections just from seeing yours!  Thank you!

Here is another batch of patches, like the one's Etsy buyer M used, available here.  I've plenty of room for you to add your own stitching while mending with patches.  Photo via our new Etsy shop, Mending Ways

I'm back from my Etsy vacation to new listing to reach my goal of 185 listed items per shop. I've reached my goal of 185 with the Etsy shop, VintageToGoEasy.  Keep a look out at all 5 shops, I will be listing the rest of the week! 

My goal for our new shop, Mending Ways is 24 listed items and I've listed 21, so far and have two new patches to list in the next couple of days. 

Click on the shop names to visit new hoard listed weekly: HoarderRehab with 183 items, The Destiny of Things- 177 items, VintageToGoEasy - 185 items and JunkDrawerAndMore - 179 items.   And now, Mending Ways with 21

 Maybe you'll find something and give it new life and a new home!  Thanks for looking!  

I was experimenting with "spilt rice" sashiko, when I was crying over some "spilt milk."  Stitching spilt rice was very therapeutic and was super slow stitching for me and now I've moved on to lazy daisy sashiko, which are in my latest listed patches, available here.  The first patch turned into a cloud during a rain storm!  Photo via our new Etsy shop, Mending Ways

Related Stories:  I have a lot more mending stories from Etsy buyers to post, so stay tuned!

1. Mini Boro Textile Art Mending Patches on Pocket Pants Clothes Repair: Mending Ways Story 8

2.  Mending my socks and a silk top:  More Mending as a Hoarding Alternative Creative Outlet, Story 6

3.  At the top of the blog there are various topics and one is called, Mending Ways Creative Outlets Alternatives to Hoarding and it has a list of posts of most everything I've tried instead of hoarding!

Here is another example of my "lazy daisy" sashiko patches, available here.

Photo via our new Etsy shop, Mending Ways

I can get very carried away with stitching because it takes me to such a timeless, peaceful joyful place!  As you can see in patch #1 in the close up, how carried away I got!

If you are like me and want to see an even more zoomed in close up shot of this patch, there is one if you go to the link and look at photo #4.  "Lazy daisy" sashiko patches, available here.

Photo via our new Etsy shop, Mending Ways 

"A stitch a day keeps the hoard away!"  Hoarder Rehab and The Destiny of Things! 

Thank you for visiting my Hoarder Rehab and The Destiny of Things!  Happy Friday!