Darned! A Hidden History of Darning Samplers – Selvedge Magazine

A few years ago, it was simple: if you had a hole in your t-shirt, jeans or socks, you simply threw them away! Or at least, many did. But there was, and is still, a movement to artistically mend or repair them–to make a feature and statement about a darned, patched or laced tear or hole. What would people have thought

Issue 102 Mend – Selvedge Magazine

Inspired by Darning Samplers

Darned! A Hidden History of Darning Samplers – Selvedge Magazine

Sampler, Darning, by Unknown Maker – Works – The Colonial

Issue 102 Mend – Selvedge Magazine

Sampler, Darning, by M. Wigg – Works – The Colonial Williamsburg

Issue 102 Mend – Selvedge Magazine