Mending Matters
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-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.
Projects include:
- Simple Back Pocket Patch
- High-Contrast Cuff Patch
- Oversize Knee Patch
- Pretty Elbow Patches
- Oversize Patch as Dress Pocket
- Basic Interior Pocket Patch
- Interior Knee Patch
- Pretty Interior Jacket Patch
- Nearly Invisible Knee Patch
- Basic Sashiko Knee Mend
- High-Contrast Sashiko Mend
- Less-Visible Sashiko for Upper Thighs
- Nearly Invisible Sashiko for Pant Seats
- Basic Darning on Denim
- High-Contrast Darning on Silk
- Wabi-Sabi Weaving on Linen Seams
- Improvised Weaving on Buttonholes
- Oversize Linen Cowl
- Slow Stitch Linen Shawl
- Fold-Over Denim Pouch
- Simple Denim Market Tote
- Oversize Denim Portfolio Case