Is this PG?
Brand new to everything about this. This is my first time mending anything and I have minimal sewing experience. I thrifted a pair of pants with a rip at the crotch and I had this vision to do a contrasting thread to sew it up before I even looked up mending techniques and found this subreddit.
I ladder stitched the openings together and pulled tight and then whip stitched over the ridge it left. Hand stitched, no machine. It feels secure enough. I like that it’s imperfect. I don’t mind that it’s buckling the fabric slightly on the bottom. I didn’t want to use a patch.
What I’m asking is…. Is this something that is done? Is there a better technique to get the effect I’m going for? I’ve seen a lot cleaner mending techniques and I’m aware of shashiko, but that uses a patch and is not the look I was going for here. Or is this a rookie move that is not even practiced in the funky world of visible mending?