patchwork society
Selected Repairs

The back holds the record.

Back view of a tan work jacket with black textile patches arranged vertically and secured with white visible running stitches.
Back view of the tan work jacket.Repair: Keryn Francisco / @undo_workshop. Image: Keryn Francisco / @undo_workshop · Used with permission

A vertical field, then the close detail.

The back of the jacket lets the patchwork read as a single vertical field before the eye reaches the joins. White running stitches keep the construction present rather than hidden.

Across the five supplied images, that field continues onto the front and sleeve. This is a close reading of placement and stitch from the photographs, not a process history or an endorsement.

Published with permission for this five-image website feature. No quotation, additional stills, altered overlay or unapproved crop is used.

Close detail of black patterned textile patches held with white running stitches.
Close detail of patch joins and running stitches.Repair: Keryn Francisco / @undo_workshop. Image: Keryn Francisco / @undo_workshop · Used with permission
Front view of the tan jacket with visible stitching at the chest, pocket, cuff and sleeve.
Front view of the jacket.Repair: Keryn Francisco / @undo_workshop. Image: Keryn Francisco / @undo_workshop · Used with permission
Dark textile patches placed on the tan jacket before the visible stitches are completed.
Patch placement before the visible stitching is complete.Repair: Keryn Francisco / @undo_workshop. Image: Keryn Francisco / @undo_workshop · Used with permission
Side view of the tan jacket showing the black patchwork panel running down the sleeve.
Side view of the sleeve panel.Repair: Keryn Francisco / @undo_workshop. Image: Keryn Francisco / @undo_workshop · Used with permission

Read the placement.

The dark patches make a long axis down the jacket; the light thread interrupts it with a second, smaller rhythm.

The stitches stay visible at the patch edges, making the points of attachment part of the surface.

The remaining images move from macro detail to front, patch placement and sleeve, keeping each view close to the same garment.

Close reading of the five supplied photographs. No process claims are inferred beyond what the sequence visibly shows.

Maker & construction.

Maker
Keryn Francisco / @undo_workshop
Materials
Tan work jacket, dark textile patches and white thread visible in the supplied photographs.Image sequence; description limited to what is visible.
Technique
Hand-sewn running stitches hold patches across the back, front and sleeve.Image sequence; description limited to what is visible.
Publication
Published with permission. Maker and image credits accompany the work.
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