as they are the visible of the mending,” she said. “Also, special needles, fabrics for patching, and other sewing paraphernalia.” She will show examples of a variety of mending techniques on ...

An original commission by Holocaust Awareness Ireland for Sunday Miscellany, listen to Visible Mending, by Amanda Bell above. Consider how uniquely human it is to fabricate clothing and wear it.

Visible mending has been around for millennia. Fashion Revolution wrote about clothing from 600 B.C. as being one of the oldest examples of darning. The technique has gained popularity in recent ...