Mending with Love
Creative Repairs for Your Favorite Things
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- £13.99
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- £13.99
Publisher Description
Extend the life of well-worn, beloved pieces using these creative techniques.
Mending With Love shows you how to apply embroidery, patching, darning, felting, stamping and a little crochet to worn pieces of clothing or household items. Instead of stowing or throwing away damaged pieces that hold happy memories, you can employ these beautiful and sustainable ideas to give them a new life.
With this book, you'll learn how to:Repair knitted and woven fabricsWork with flat and curved surfacesArtfully repair comfy, well-made socks and glovesMake a statement with creative patchingFill in holes with roving using felting techniquesUse embroidery to visibly mend frays or damage from the odd cat clawApply other tips and techniques to torn, worn, or stained favorites
Creative as well as practical, mending is both a source of pleasure and an eco-friendly fashion statement. Instead of buying more stuff with less meaning, this method allows you to hold on to the things that have a special place in your heart. As "fast fashion" has rapidly expanded, mending has re-emerged as a popular, environmentally-friendly movement around the world.
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Mending worn pieces of clothing evokes "happy memories and a sense of pleasure in the passing of time," writes stylist Misumi (Joyful Mending) in her clever how-to. One chapter is dedicated to mending socks and makes use of basic darning techniques; another focuses on covering stains with stamps Misumi advises if a stamp is "a little crooked or otherwise off a bit, that makes it unique." Frays and holes, meanwhile, can be repaired with decorative embroidery and patching, and Misumi provides step-by-step instructions for each technique. For a cloud-shaped hole on a jacket collar, Misumi embroiders a night sky with yellow and blue stitches. Moth holes in an antique handmade coat are covered with small, round crocheted motifs. A final section shows readers how to transform unsalvageable pieces into something new: projects include stitching an old woolen sweater into a hot pad, and transforming an old sack into a trivet. Though some projects can be rather involved (turning an old T-shirt into a dust cloth, for instance, requires several techniques), Misumi offers no shortage of quick-fix stitches. Those looking to bring new life to old pieces will find this a useful guide.
