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Rodabaugh Katrina - Mending Matters: Stitch Patch And Repair Your Favorite Denim & More - Hardcover

Rodabaugh Katrina - Mending Matters: Stitch Patch And Repair Your Favorite Denim & More - Hardcover

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Description: Join the Slow Fashion movement and make mending your jeans and other garments an artful joyful and empowering act of sustainability and renewal for both you and your favorite clothes with award - winning crafter Katrina Rodabaugh's Mending Matters. This book is a joy . Thank you Katrina for helping rekindle our love affair with clothes built to last and hold memories. Clare Press sustainability editor at large Vogue Australia Mending Matters explores sewing on two levels: First it includes more than 20 hands - on projects that showcase current trends in visible mending that are edgy modern and bold but draw on traditional stitching. It does all this through just four very simple mending techniques: Exterior patches Interior patches Slow stitches Darning and weaving In addition this full - color book addresses the way mending leads to a more mindful relationship to fashion and to overall well - being. In essays that accompany each how - to chapter Katrina Rodabaugh explores mending as a metaphor for appreciating our own naturally flawed selves and she examines the ways in which mending teaches us new skills self - reliance and confidence all gained from making things with our own hands. Katrina writes in her introduction When we spend time patching stitching darning or otherwise fixing torn fabrics we ultimately deepen our understanding of quality composition and craftsmanship. Let her guide you as you repair your best - loved most - worn clothing and learn lessons about your clothing and how it is made. It's a process that will provide unexpected rewards. So think twice before throwing away those well - worn jeans or your favorite sweater. Learn new skills that will allow you to keep them with you for years as a reminder of your time together and the experiences you ve shared. Includes Color Photographs
Title: Mending Matters: Stitch Patch And Repair Your Favorite Denim & More
Author(s): Rodabaugh Katrina
Publisher: Abrams
Barcode: 9781419729478
Pages: 224 Pages
Publication Date: 10/16/2018
Category: Needlework & Fabric Crafts
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