Mending Matters: Stitch, Patch, and Repair Your Favorite Denim & More

Name: Mending Matters: Stitch, Patch, and Repair Your Favorite Denim & More
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9781419729478
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By Katrina Rodabaugh

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Mending Matters offers over 20 practical projects focused on visible mending, blending modern, bold styles with traditional stitching techniques. It teaches just four fundamental methods—exterior patches, interior patches, slow stitches, darning, and weaving—to transform denim and other garments. Accompanying essays delve into the mindful relationship with fashion and self, using mending as a metaphor for embracing imperfections and cultivating skills, confidence, and self-reliance.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in sustainable and slow fashion, DIY craft enthusiasts, and anyone looking to develop mindful skills in clothing repair and personal creativity.

"A Slow Fashion guide for a well-loved wardrobe"--Cover.

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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. 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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Praised by voices in sustainable fashion, Mending Matters is celebrated for connecting heritage crafts with contemporary Slow Fashion. Natalie Chanin highlights its role in providing innovative solutions and handcraft traditions, while Fashion Revolution emphasises its encouragement to extend the lifespan of clothes. Clare Press commends its blend of practicality and deep insight, calling it essential in a time of overconsumption.

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ISBN: 9781419729478

Publisher: Abrams

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 16 October 2018

Country: United States

Imprint: Abrams

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 186.0mm

Height: 236.0mm

Weight: 920g

Pages: 224

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About the Author

Katrina Rodabaugh is an award-winning artist and crafter working across disciplines to explore environmental and social issues through traditional craft technique. She lives in the Hudson Valley of New York.

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