Visible repairs on knitted jumper; Both elbows mended with woven darns both in mustard and grey yarn on cream donegal knit

Repairs for well-loved textiles

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Repairs for well-loved textiles 〰️

Overstory Mending is a postal repair service based in Scotland, UK.

Working with you to thoughtfully and creatively mend your clothes, homewares and soft toys, so they can continue being worn, used and loved.

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You can find all the mending service details here.

Look here to learn more about Em - the repairer behind the repairs.

Invisible repair, discreet darning on cream knitted jumper
Visible sashiko repair on cotton jumpsuit

Visible Mends

Discreet Mends

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View fullsize It doesn’t always have to be an expensive or heirloom piece that you reinvest your time and/or money in. When I say I love to repair special items - the special part can simply be that you love it. This is a my own sweatshirt I bought new aro
View fullsize Newsletter sign up is live! Would you like to be the first to hear about any upcoming mending workshops, events and keep updated on changes to the repair service? Yes? Great! You can sign up with your email via link in bio. #visiblemending
View fullsize I’ve had quite the influx of new followers here which is amazing - thank you and welcome! I am still working on an intro post for y’all but keep getting stuck on what to share about myself 😅 - so if there’s something you’re b
View fullsize First official mend under the Overstory name 💛 Thanks to the talented @cathpotsss for trusting me to with this beauty of a @genevievesweeney jumper. I always love a flecked yarn for inspiration for mends and Cath was keen to work with whatever yarn
View fullsize I originally wrote this for my website but it didn’t make the cut. It feels important to share the sentiment still, especially right now - acts of care, however small, are vital and valuable and we must not forget this even in the face of devas