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That red skirt I just mended with the little embroidered daisy? Welp, got it stuck on something and ripped the waist opening of it, didn't I. 😆 I don't have thread or a patching fabric that exactly matches so I went the scrap piece of fabric of a good weight and highly visible mending route. I'm thinking it's going to be either a colourful fern or a peacock feather, but bed calls me.

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The stem or vane of whatever the embroidery will be, finished but with the fluffy bits or fronds missing. The shape is a lovely organic twist of curls, the thread colours stand out and it looks fairly balanced in the little framed rectangle of the topstitching holding the patch in place. The tear is visible when you look directly at it, but the eye is drawn to the embroidery, which will when finished cover up most of it.
Three photos displaying a tear in a red skirt, the patch put on the wrong side of the tear, and the machine stitching on the right side holding the patch down. The tear is at the pocket slit, and while the seam itself has perfect integrity, the fabric itself has torn a good hand's width down. The patch is a bit of green fabric with flowers, from another sewing project, the edge cut with pinking shears. The topstitching from the right side is done with a colour gradient thread going between blue, gold and red, with blends in between. There is the paws and edge of the face of a ginger cat in one frame, as the cat assists.
A very close up of the embroidery going on top of the patch, on the right side. The edges of the tear have been overlapped and loosely stitched together with a red linen thread, that is the wrong thickness, but roughly the right colour. The embroidery is a stem or vane in progress, done in teeny tiny little backstitch. There are varying lines of possible directions for the line of stitching to go, Sini has not been able to decide and has sketched right on top of the fabric.
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