This kit contains only the basic things you need to mend your woven cotton fabrics in the visible mending style. Here is what I chose for the kit and why: There is 24+ pieces of fabric about 5" square.These are a light/middle weight cottons suitable for mending your jeans, jackets, work shirts or any good woven garment or household linens. 20 meters of off-white Olympus sashiko thread which will show off your stitching. And a pack of Olympus sashiko needles. I prefer sashiko needles for mending, especially for thick and denim fabrics because they rarely bend and have large eyes for easy threading of thick threads. Mending often uses running stitches, which is the same as stitch as sashiko, so that makes sense :-) Plus this thread gets nicer looking with repeated washing. These fabrics are colourfast, machine wash and dry, with no noticeable shrink. You don't need to pre-wash. Every pack may contain some different but similar colours. The fabrics are the same. Notes: I have not included any instructions. Many of you will have seen enough videos on social media not to need any. For those who do, or if you are interested in mending with sashiko designs or doing boro style stitching, you can find more fabrics and tools, stencils and books for these on this site. My favourite resource is The Mending Directory by Erin Eggenburg, you can find it on this website.
