"This book is a joy. . . . Thank you, Katrina, for helping rekindle
our love affair with clothes built to last and hold memories." --Clare
Press, sustainability editor at large, Vogue Australia
Join the Slow Fashion movement and make mending your jeans and other
garments an artful, joyful, and empowering act of sustainability and
renewal, for both you and your favorite clothes.
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, this full-color 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.
Katrina writes in her introduction, "When we spend time patching,
stitching, darning, or otherwise fixing torn fabrics, we ultimately
deepen our understanding of quality, composition, and craftsmanship."
Let her guide you as you repair your best-loved, most-worn clothing and
learn lessons about your clothing and how it is made. It's a process
that will provide unexpected rewards.
So, think twice before throwing away those well-worn jeans or your
favorite sweater. Learn new skills that will allow you to keep them with
you for years as a reminder of your time together and the experiences
you've shared.
