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Creatively mend and customize your old clothes to revitalize your outfits and save the planet

Bring new life to your old clothes and fabrics with this fun, easy-to-follow guide to modern mending.

Across the globe, we send tonnes of clothing to landfill each year. In fact, clothing consumption in the UK and US are one of the highest in the world. But the good news is that mending is trending, and it's never been easier to repair and reinvent your favourite clothes.

Inspired by the slow fashion movement that's taking the sewing world by storm, Erin Lewis-Fitzgerald has created a comprehensive guide to mending your own clothes in a way that combines creativity and sustainability. In Modern Mending, she demystifies mending and shares step-by-step instructions for a range of techniques, including stitching, darning, patching, needle felting and machine darning.

So next time you tear your favourite jeans or find a hole in your jumper, think twice before throwing them away. With Modern Mending, you'll gain the skills and confidence needed to rebel against fast fashion now and for years to come.

ISBN-13: 9781782219606

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Search Press

Publication Date: 06-08-2021

Pages: 272

Product Dimensions: 6.80(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.70(d)

Erin Lewis-Fitzgerald is Australia's leading clothes-mending practitioner. Her mending has been displayed in art exhibitions in Melbourne and Adelaide, and she teaches workshops across Australia. Erin began her career in journalism at 15 and over two decades worked as an editor, sub-editor, writer, and photographer. After leaving journalism she founded Bright Sparks, a social enterprise that repaired and reused electrical appliances to keep them out of landfill. When she's not trying to save the planet (stylishly), you can find her making tiny dioramas for her magic letterbox or cooking up a storm for her cookbook club, the Ottolenghi Appreciation Society. Her retirement dream is to run a deluxe toy hospital for stuffed toys. You can find Erin online at www.erinlewisfitzgerald.com and www.modernmending.com

Table of Contents

Foreword 006

Introduction 008

Helpful Tips 010

Thoughts Before Mending 012

Playing Around with a Design 014

Tools of the Trade 016

Fabric 101 026

This Goes with That 028

Techniques

Stitching 038

Patching 058

Darning 083

Needle Felting 120

Machine Darning 138

Buttons, Zippers, Ladders, Snags + Shoes 158

Case Studies

Amanda's dress 168

Anna's jeans 170

Austen's shirt 174

Ben's jacket 176

Carolyn's oven mitts 180

Chilli's bandana 182

Clare's jacket 186

Emily W's jacket 190

Emily O's dress 192

Emily O's shirt 194

Emma F's tea towel 198

Emma M's jeans 202

Erin's shirt 206

Guy's sweater 210

Hilary's shirt (AKA Large Marge) 212

Jess's sweater 216

Kate's cardigan 218

Kylie's jumpsuit 222

Leta's dress no. 1 224

Leta's dress no. 2 228

Louise's sweater 230

Mandy's tea towel 232

Mart's boxer shorts 234

Matt's pyjama trousers 236

Natalie's cardigan 238

Modern Menders

Aleksandra Zdravkovic 240

Eline Medbøe 242

Hikaru Noguchi 244

Miriam Dym 246

Nina & Sonya Montenegro 248

Roberta Cummings 250

Tom Van Deijnen 252

Care: Prevention + Maintenance 254

Share the Love + Increase Your Impact 256

Should I Redo it? 259

Mending for Others + Valuing Your Time 260

Resources: Where to Find Mending Supplies 262

Recommended Reading 264

Acknowledgements 267

About the Author 268

Index 270