num_pages: 128
description:  Learn how to take care of your clothes by mending patching and repairing them so you can extend the life of your most treasured garments.In the farthest corner of her clothes store in Stockholm Sweden Kerstin has a mending studio. When it's quiet in the shop she sits by her sewing machine and gives a new lease of life to people's favorite jeans. Whatever the wear and tear Kerstin arms you with the skills and ideas you need to mend your own clothes and promote sustainable fashion. Find out emergency tips for mending in a hurry enhance your clothes with decorative stitches and learn to mend for and with different materials including leather cotton wool and denim. Packed full of simple fixes for sewing on buttons and repairing holes in pockets as well as more advanced techniques like darning and weaving in new fabric this book is perfect for sewers crafters and fashion lovers of all abilities.
language: English
title: Mend & Patch: A handbook to repairing clothes and textiles
publisher: Pavilion Books