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Learn the art of visible mending--a joyful, meditative, and restorative practice--to repair the clothes and belongings you love!
Mending Life, a beautiful modern sewing and mending guide with vibrant, full-color illustrations woven throughout, encourages us to break free from the fast fashion industry by repairing our clothes rather than discarding them. Along with DIY and how-to illustrations and tutorials, you'll find heartfelt stories by authors Nina and Sonya Montenegro (creators of the popular @TheFarWoods) that encourage you to change your consumption habits, celebrate a sustainable, intentional lifestyle, demonstrate mending as a powerful act that not only strengthens the object we are repairing, but ourselves as well.
Beginners and Seasoned Sewers will find:
Basic Mending Skills - how to thread a needle, how to tie knots, and basic stitches
Sashiko - a striking Japanese hand-sewing technique for reinforcement and decoration
Darning - plain weave, swiss weave, crocheted patch, knitted patch, and needle-felted patch
Patching - the best three ways to patch holes how-to guide
Mending Tutorials by Item - down jackets, shirt cuffs, and linen
Other Common Repairs - snags, buttons, belt loops, leggings, pant pockets, and more
Sewing Beyond Mending - hemming pants, taking garments in, and adding pockets
Extend the life of your favorite clothes and beloved household items with mending with this timeless and practical guide to cherishing and caring for our belongings.
Reviews (2)
Publisher's Weekly Review
Sonya and Nina Montenegro, twins and cofounders of the Portland, Ore., art studio the Far Woods, debut with a whimsically illustrated and millennial-friendly guide to mending clothing and household linens. They do a fine job of explaining the techniques required to mend a variety of items, from sweaters and socks to jacket cuffs and pant seats. The Montenegros include information on both "Essential" and "Specialty" supplies for sewing, on distinguishing between different fabrics, and on mastering the Japanese technique of "Sashiko Stitching," which is shown to great effect in the authors' charming drawings. The authors suggest approaching mending with a "spirit of play" and incorporating it into daily life--a section entitled "Mending on the Go," for instance, portrays mending as "sweet, portable work" instead of a buckle-down, desperate task. They also share reasons, tailored to a younger audience, for taking it up--as an environmentally responsible practice, a way of meeting people pursuing the same hobby, and a hobby that's easy on the wallet. If there is any book capable of convincing millennials to pick up a darning needle rather than a smartphone, it will be this alluring primer. Agent: Kate Woodrow, Present Perfect Dept. (Mar.)
Booklist Review
In their first book, makers, designers, illustrators, and sisters Nina and Sonya Montenegro share their love and skill for repairing the garments we so rely on. An introduction covers the very basics, including what supplies to gather (with an emphasis on secondhand items), how to thread a needle, and a few essential stitches. Chapters then cover darning, patching, and other mending projects (like fixing snags, replacing buttons, repairing zippers). Each clearly laid out project (sewing or needle-felting a patch, darning a hole) includes numbered written instructions alongside step-by-step drawn illustrations of the stitchwork. Interspersed with the tutorials are essays and sweet illustrations that share the authors' journeys as makers and add to their overall message of mending's role in mindful, sustainable living. For the few projects where crochet or knitting skills are necessary, the authors recommend quick lessons or YouTube tutorials before digging in. With a guiding mantra that ""There's nothing broken that can't be fixed,"" this very accessible guide will encourage readers to look with hopeful possibility at their well-worn, well-loved clothes.--Annie Bostrom Copyright 2020 Booklist