Mending with Love: Creative Repairs for Your Favorite Things
Description
Mending with Love: Creative Repairs for Your Favorite Things is a must-have book for anyone who wants to learn the art of repairing and transforming their cherished items with love and creativity. This book, published by Tuttle Publishing on April 6, 2021, is a lovely guide that teaches you how to mend, rethink, transform, and recreate your favorite pieces using various techniques such as embroidery, patching, darning, felting, stamping, and crochet.
In a world where fast fashion dominates and disposable culture prevails, mending your clothes and household items is not only a sustainable choice but also a way to infuse them with new life and meaning. Instead of throwing away or stowing damaged items that hold happy memories, you can use the beautiful and sustainable ideas presented in this book to give them a fresh start.
With 88 pages of practical tips and techniques, Mending with Love will show you how to repair knitted and woven fabrics, work with flat and curved surfaces, artfully mend comfy socks and gloves, make a statement with creative patching, fill in holes using felting techniques, use embroidery to visibly mend frays or damage, and apply other tricks to torn, worn, or stained favorites.
The joy of mending lies in both its creative process and the satisfaction of giving new life to beloved items. Rather than mindlessly buying more stuff, mending allows you to appreciate and enjoy the things you already have. With basic tools and techniques as well as step-by-step instructions, this book will guide you through the process of repairing your worn items with love and care.
Whether you’re a seasoned crafter or a beginner looking to explore the world of mending, Mending with Love is a valuable resource that will inspire you to get creative, reduce waste, and cherish the things that matter most to you. So, grab your needle and thread, and experience the joys of mending with this delightful and practical guide that promotes sustainability, creativity, and self-expression.
