Modern mending : how to minimize waste and maximize style

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Author:

Lewis-Fitzgerald, Erin, author.

ISBN:

9781782219606

Physical Description:

272 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Contents:

Foreword -- Introduction -- Helpful tips -- Thoughts before mending -- Playing around with a design -- Tools of the trade -- Fabric 101 -- This goes with that -- Techniques -- Case studies -- Modern menders -- Care : prevention + maintenance -- Share the love + increase your impact -- Should I redo it? -- Mending for others + valuing your time.

Abstract:

Inspired by the slow fashion movement that's taking the sewing world by storm, Erin Lewis-Fitzgerald has created a comprehensive guide to mending your own clothes in a way that combines creativity and sustainability. In Modern Mending, she demystifies mending and shares step-by-step instructions for a range of techniques, including stitching, darning, patching, needle felting and machine darning.

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Clothing and dress -- Repairing.

Sewing.

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Summary

Creatively mend and customize your old clothes to revitalize your outfits and save the planet

Bring new life to your old clothes and fabrics with this fun, easy-to-follow guide to modern mending.

Across the globe, we send tonnes of clothing to landfill each year. In fact, clothing consumption in the UK and US are one of the highest in the world. But the good news is that mending is trending, and it's never been easier to repair and reinvent your favourite clothes.

Inspired by the slow fashion movement that's taking the sewing world by storm, Erin Lewis-Fitzgerald has created a comprehensive guide to mending your own clothes in a way that combines creativity and sustainability. In Modern Mending, she demystifies mending and shares step-by-step instructions for a range of techniques, including stitching, darning, patching, needle felting and machine darning.

So next time you tear your favourite jeans or find a hole in your jumper, think twice before throwing them away. With Modern Mending, you'll gain the skills and confidence needed to rebel against fast fashion now and for years to come.

Notes

Erin Lewis-Fitzgerald is Australia's leading clothes-mending practitioner. Her mending has been displayed in art exhibitions in Melbourne and Adelaide, and she teaches workshops across Australia. Erin began her career in journalism at 15 and over two decades worked as an editor, sub-editor, writer, and photographer. After leaving journalism she founded Bright Sparks, a social enterprise that repaired and reused electrical appliances to keep them out of landfill. When she's not trying to save the planet (stylishly), you can find her making tiny dioramas for her magic letterbox or cooking up a storm for her cookbook club, the Ottolenghi Appreciation Society. Her retirement dream is to run a deluxe toy hospital for stuffed toys.

You can find Erin online at www.erinlewisfitzgerald.com and www.modernmending.com

Foreword	p. 006
Introduction	p. 008
Helpful Tips	p. 010
Thoughts Before Mending	p. 012
Playing Around with a Design	p. 014
Tools of the Trade	p. 016
Fabric 101	p. 026
This Goes with That	p. 028
Techniques
Stitching	p. 038
Patching	p. 058
Darning	p. 083
Needle Felting	p. 120
Machine Darning	p. 138
Buttons, Zippers, Ladders, Snags + Shoes	p. 158
Case Studies
Amanda's dress	p. 168
Anna's jeans	p. 170
Austen's shirt	p. 174
Ben's jacket	p. 176
Carolyn's oven mitts	p. 180
Chilli's bandana	p. 182
Clare's jacket	p. 186
Emily W's jacket	p. 190
Emily O's dress	p. 192
Emily O's shirt	p. 194
Emma F's tea towel	p. 198
Emma M's jeans	p. 202
Erin's shirt	p. 206
Guy's sweater	p. 210
Hilary's shirt (AKA Large Marge)	p. 212
Jess's sweater	p. 216
Kate's cardigan	p. 218
Kylie's jumpsuit	p. 222
Leta's dress no. 1	p. 224
Leta's dress no. 2	p. 228
Louise's sweater	p. 230
Mandy's tea towel	p. 232
Mart's boxer shorts	p. 234
Matt's pyjama trousers	p. 236
Natalie's cardigan	p. 238
Modern Menders
Aleksandra Zdravkovic	p. 240
Eline Medbøe	p. 242
Hikaru Noguchi	p. 244
Miriam Dym	p. 246
Nina & Sonya Montenegro	p. 248
Roberta Cummings	p. 250
Tom Van Deijnen	p. 252
Care: Prevention + Maintenance	p. 254
Share the Love + Increase Your Impact	p. 256
Should I Redo it?	p. 259
Mending for Others + Valuing Your Time	p. 260
Resources: Where to Find Mending Supplies	p. 262
Recommended Reading	p. 264
Acknowledgements	p. 267
About the Author	p. 268
Index	p. 270

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