Visible mending: Someone on my street put out a pair of jeans with a hole in the butt. I picked them up thinking I might be able to repurpose the denim. But they fit me perfectly. So I gave visible mending a try.

The patch is loosely based on sashiko embroidery. Except I wanted colours. And I realize now I didn't do the edges right.

But I'm happy with the result.

My husband says I need to wear out the jeans in more places, so I can expand on it.

#VisibleMending #Embroidery #Sashiko

@GrimmReality There's a corollary to this: if you're camping in cold weather and have to pee, it's always better to get up and do it. A full bladder requires energy to keep at body temperature, so it robs the rest of your body from needed heat. At least, that's what I was told on a winter camping trip once, and I've stuck to it.