who makes stitches perfectly invisible, but mending can be very visible, and that’s our preference,” Krempien says. Using electric blue and cherry red yarn, we seam together our denim rips ...

Kaketsugi, or invisible mending, is a technique for repairing holes or tears in fabric. The shop is run by a father-and-daughter team: Kataoka Tesshu, with 40 years of experience as a craftsman ...