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Introduction to Visible Mending

Americans throw away about 14 million tons of clothing each year. Mending even a few items of clothing in your wardrobe can start to change that calculus. Additionally, by practicing Visible Mending you can create a piece of personalized wearable art!

Visible Mending Resources

Sashiko by Jill Clay
Call Number: Fashion Library TT835 .C594175 2019
ISBN: 9781784944872
Publication Date: 2019-07-09
Learn the stunning art of Sashiko stitching with this comprehensive guide that's packed with inspirational ideas. Meaning "little stabs", it's a traditional Japanese sewing method that uses evenly spaced running stitches to create eye-catching geometric patterns. 20 patterns and motifs that readers can choose from and use as templates for their own unique Sashiko designs. Thorough guidance on the tools, materials and basic techniques, Included are large-scale items such as bedding, a door curtain and wall-hanging, and smaller items, such as brooches, greetings cards and notebook covers. Sashiko explores the history of this strikingly effective technique and demonstrates how to apply it to a range of useful and ornamental items for the home, accessories and gifts.
Mending Matters by Katrina Rodabaugh
Call Number: Fashion Library TT720 .R63 2018
ISBN: 9781419729478
Publication Date: 2018-10-16
Mending Mattersexplores 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.
Visible Mending by Jenny Wilding Cardon
Call Number: Fashion Library TT720 .C37 2018
ISBN: 9781604689358
Publication Date: 2018-06-01
Imagine a world where every rip in a pair of jeans, every snag in a sweater, and every tear in a tea towel becomes an opportunity for one-of-a-kind creativity. With this fun introduction to unconventional mending techniques in a format that's half how-to guide, half idea book, anyone can give worn and torn items a new life. Start by learning hand-mending methods, including boro (an age-old Japanese mending technique), embroidery, patching, and darning; then rev up the sewing machine for fast mends that put the pedal to the metal. With limited supplies, a limited budget, and limited time, anyone can create attention-grabbing details with visible mending - 35 examples and more than 150 photos make it easy to get started!
Mend and Patch by Kerstin Neumuller
Call Number: Fashion Library T720 .N48 2019
ISBN: 9781911624936
Publication Date: 2019-10-01
Kerstin Neumüller is a men's tailor with her heart in handicrafts. She has spent many years studying handicrafts and the history of textiles. Together, she and Douglas Luhanko run the shop Second Sunrise in Stockholm.

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