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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, the 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.
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Mending Matters, Katrina Rodabaugh
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- Released
- 2018
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- Title
- Mending Matters
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Katrina Rodabaugh
- Publisher
- Abrams Books for Young Readers
- Released
- 2018
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 222
- ISBN10
- 1419729470
- ISBN13
- 9781419729478
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Hobby, Art, References & Manuals, Crafts, Fashion Themes, Fashion, Needlecrafts & Textile Crafts, Sustainability, Sewing
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
- Description
- 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, the 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.