Mending Matters: Stitch, Patch, and Repair Your Favorite Denim & More
"Repair and Renew Favorite Denim and More with Sashiko, Boro, and Other Beautiful Stitching"
$59.27
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2018
Summary
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, the book addresses the way mending leads to a more mindful relationship to fashion and to overall well-bein…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781419729478 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1419729470 |
| Author: | Katrina Rodabaugh |
| Publisher: | Abrams |
| Imprint: | Abrams |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2018 |
| Weight: | 920g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 186mm x 236mm |
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Critics Review
“I’m excited for Mending Matters and for Katrina’s work that offers new directions within the sustainable fashion community. It creates solutions, draws on handcraft heritage, and widens the opportunities to connect with Slow Fashion through simple stitching.” – From the foreword by Natalie Chanin * Alabama Chanin *
“Our clothes can have a long history, if we let them. Mending is a way of ensuring a longer life for the clothes we wear and maintaining our long relationship with them. Human hands should always be a part of the making of fashion and Mending Matters helps inspire that long story. Because #lovedclotheslast.” * Fashion Revolution *
“This book is a joy—I love how Katrina combines practicality and a lightness of touch with a deep understanding of the issues that drive the Slow Fashion movement. Her creative, considered, and beautiful approach to mending and making is exactly what we need in this moment of overconsumption and fading connections to our clothing and textiles. 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 *
Katrina Rodabaugh
Katrina Rodabaugh is an award-winning artist, writer, and a leading voice in the sustainable fashion movement. She is the author of three books, including the bestselling Mending Matters and her latest guide to a conscious wardrobe, Make Thrift Mend. With an MFA in Creative Writing and a background in Environmental Studies, Katrina’s work sits at the intersection of craft, sustainability, and social practice.
Since 2013, she has lived by her “Make Thrift Mend” philosophy—focusing on mending, natural plant dyes, and ethical fashion. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Martha Stewart Living, and Sunset magazine. Katrina currently lives in a 200-year-old farmhouse in New York’s Hudson Valley, where she tends to dye gardens, raises chickens, and teaches workshops in her converted barn studio.
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