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  • Visible Mending: A Modern Guide to Darning, Stitching and Patching the Clothes You Love by Arounna Khounnoraj book cover
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Visible Mending: A Modern Guide to Darning, Stitching and Patching the Clothes You Love

by Arounna Khounnoraj

Repair, reinforce, and personalize well-worn clothes

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Repair, reinforce, and personalize well-worn clothes

Arounna Khounnoraj’s guide brings together practical clothing repairs and decorative stitching, with illustrated, step-by-step instruction for working across different fabrics. Projects include patching jeans, embroidering over tears, dyeing stains, and using sashiko, the Japanese stitching technique. The emphasis is on extending the life of garments while making repairs visible and personal, connecting hands-on needlework with a less wasteful approach to clothing. The book offers a range of techniques and projects for turning damaged or stained pieces into clothes with a fresh look.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Beginners interested in learning clothing-mending techniques
  • Crafters looking for practical projects involving stitching, patching, or dyeing
  • People seeking ways to extend the use of their wardrobe

Themes

Visible mendingNeedlework and garment repairClothing reuse and sustainabilityPersonalizing garments

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Book overview

We all have that favorite pair of jeans - no matter how baggy or worn they might become. In the movement against throw-away culture and fast fashion, learn how to pick up a needle and rediscover the forgotten techniques and the joy of mending.
In Visible Mending, Arounna explores why we should mend, and how to mend a variety of different fabrics. Work through the illustrated step-by-step instructions that will demystify mending techniques and discover how these can be easily applied to old
items to give them a fresh, modern look. Packed with skill-based projects, this book reveals how to patch jeans, embroider over tears, dye stains and use the Japanese art of Sashiko. Visible Mending is a book
for those who want to learn how to make the most of their wardrobes, be less wasteful, more sustainable and add a personal touch to their garments.
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