Mend & Patch : : a Handbook to Repairing Clothes and Textiles

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Call Number: 646.6 Ne, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Crafts & Hobbies / Sewing / Neumuller, Kerstin
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Nonfiction / Crafts & Hobbies / Sewing / Neumuller, Kerstin	4-week checkout	Due 05-19-2024
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Nonfiction / Crafts & Hobbies / Sewing / Neumuller, Kerstin	4-week checkout	Due 05-21-2024

Foreword -- Before you start -- When you're in a hurry -- Mending by hand -- Darning -- Mending using a sewing machine -- Mending knits -- Leather care -- Materials -- Advanced mending.
Throwing away holey, yet beloved, clothes can sometimes be one of the saddest things, but what if you were able to fix those holes and extend their life? With Mend & Patch, you can learn to take care of your clothes, mending, patching and repairing so you can cherish all your garments. In the furthest corner of Kerstin and Douglas's store, Second Sunrise in Stockholm, Kerstin has set up a mending studio and so when it's quiet in the shop she can sit there by the sewing machine and give a new lease of life to people's favourite jeans. Some prefer discreet and invisible mendings, others want them to be highly visible and so, with time, mending becomes a part of the history of the clothes and the people who wear them. Mend & Patch arms you with the skills and ideas you need to mend your own clothes, truly making and keeping them your own, whatever the wear and tear. Find out emergency tips for mending in a hurry, enhance your clothes with decorative 'mends' and learn to mend for and with different materials, including leather, cotton, wool, silk and of course, denim.

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Very Practical submitted by sara on August 2, 2020, 12:16pm Very practical and not too difficult. I mended a pair of jeans I will use for gardening- not sure if I would ever wear them in public- but the mending has held up through wearing and washing. You can make your repairs as simple or decorative as you like.