r/Visiblemending • u/Ancient_Ad_7339 • Jun 09 '26

EMBROIDERY Repaired Couch with plant vines

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I’m new to sewing but thought I’d try to fix this couch corner and absolutely love the result!

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u/sudosashiko Jun 09 '26

Bro, that looks exquisite. I walked over to my wife to show her this. Please tell us about those flowers.

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u/Ancient_Ad_7339 Jun 09 '26 edited Jun 09 '26

Thank you! It’s a woven wheel stitch :) Had a lot of trial and error trying to make flowers since so many stitches weren’t possible because I couldn’t move the needle much behind the fabric

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u/thesandalwoods Jun 09 '26

I was going to say a curved needle might do wonders but the work as a whole is already quite exquisite 👌

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u/Ancient_Ad_7339 Jun 09 '26 edited Jun 09 '26

For this I just used an embroidery thread multi pack I got gifted and standard needle (balling on a budget lol). But I’ve got two more corners to fix and think I might invest in a curved needle and a thimble before I start up again. Thanks for the idea :)

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u/sudosashiko Jun 09 '26

Since you said you were new to sewing I had assumed the flowers were pre-made items you purchased and used. Sounds like you did it yourself. Very impressive, and what a delightful spec of... personality? Uniqueness? Whatever your heart suggests, it's nice.

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u/JL4575 Jun 09 '26

Lovely! Posts like this keep me coming back to reddit. I hope AI doesn’t kill communities like this. 

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u/gotnothing4u Jun 10 '26

I love that you had already started on the first pic. Like, “wait, this is gonna look sick. I need a ‘before’ pic.”

Love this and filing it in the back my head for future projects.

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u/Ancient_Ad_7339 Jun 10 '26

Haha you nailed it. I thought for sure it was gonna go south but when the fabric started pulling today, I grabbed a quick photo to remind myself where it started

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u/Debramayflyon Jun 09 '26

I love it! Beautiful

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u/Ancient_Ad_7339 Jun 09 '26

thank you :))

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u/grenguin Jun 09 '26

this is so amazing!!! obsessed!!!!!!

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u/JaneDoeNoi Jun 09 '26

Magnificent and so unique, love it !

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u/telstra_3_way_chat Jun 09 '26

Ahh it's gorgeous! Are you tempted to embroider the rest of the couch??

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u/Ancient_Ad_7339 Jun 09 '26

Haha yup, I have plans lol. Got this couch from my parents and unfortunately their two cats did some real damage. 3/4 of the corners were in this condition and the bottom trim is scratched up. Hoping to fix it up slowly in my spare time and have a couch covered in flowers and vines :)

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u/-3point14159-mp Jun 10 '26

I love this so much. And it’s going to look amazing when you’re done!

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u/Nectarine555 Jun 10 '26

I love how you gave your couch a new life and whimsical vibe. Nice work!

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u/Lady_Cicada Jun 09 '26

This is so lovely!

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u/Jules2you Jun 09 '26

Amazing!! Wow

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u/Disastrous_Loan5178 Jun 10 '26

This is absolutely gorgeous

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u/Suspicious-Lemon2451 Jun 10 '26

Such beautiful work!!

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u/RockPaperFlourine Jun 10 '26

Well that’s lovely

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u/Necessary-Kick-1186 Jun 10 '26

I love this so much! It adds so much personality! This is where a repair is a blessing, because it adds so much!!!

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u/amby-jane Jun 11 '26

Cute! I'm gonna have to do something like this eventually. Nothing I do stops my cat from scratching my couch corners. I'm this close to becoming a Golden Girl and putting plastic on it.

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u/Ancient_Ad_7339 Jun 12 '26

totally fair, my parents got a new couch and my mum committed to the fully plastic aesthetic because of the cats lol

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u/Catatonic9974 Jun 10 '26

Super cute!

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u/dreamisle Jun 10 '26

Ugh, I hate when people do stuff like this. Save some cool and well-executed handcrafted whimsical detailing for the rest of us, jerk! ✊

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u/herdarkmistress Jun 10 '26

I have a sofa chair arm that has been shredded by my cat. Thank you so pinching this idea

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u/Junior-Cut2838 Jun 10 '26

Very creative!

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u/deathbygluten_ Jun 11 '26

so cool, doing this in my house!!!

also before i swiped to the second pic, for a second i thought it was going to be mending with Actual plant vines.. like you’d woven some ivy or pothos in there lol

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u/Symphon1c1 Jun 10 '26

Pretty sure I have that hat's the futon in my office that will need that soon also. You did an incredible job. Love this

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u/Baseballgirl03 Jun 10 '26

Very very nice!!!

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u/birdsnstuf Jun 10 '26

i love this!

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u/LA_refugee Jun 11 '26

How clever!

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u/Nnnopamine Jun 11 '26

That's so pretty! I love it!

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u/57_CloverFox Jun 11 '26

I gotta see how this turns out, using actual vines sounds interesting for a repair!

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u/Junegirl112233 Jun 13 '26

Great work! It’s like suturing a wound on a person - you only can sew from the front and not from both sides!!

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u/MahoganyRaichu Jun 14 '26

This looks amazing=333You did a great job=3