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Creative Mending: Beautiful Darning, Patching and Stitching Techniques (Over 300 color photos)

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By (author): Hikaru Noguchi Noguchi

Mend, rethink, transform, recreate!

Mending your favorite fabric itemsfrom jeans to sweaters to sofa coversbecomes a true art form in Creative Mending. In this book, mending guru Hikaru Noguchi shows you her entire range of valuable techniquesfrom embroidery and patching to darning and feltingthat are just challenging enough for experienced menders.

Noguchi's basic rules of mending are that the repair should suit the fabric and its user, and that there are lots of creative ways to create beautifully customized repairssome subtle, others making a statement.

She provides 13 techniques that show you how to:
  • Apply creative repairs to both knitted and woven fabrics
  • Use yarn, floss, ribbon, and fabric to reinvent well-loved garments
  • Make understated repairs that add just a touch of contrast, color, or texture
  • Use visible mending techniques for bold repairs
  • Darn with felt to add body and dimension to a repaired item
  • Match your repairs to the damage, the fabric, and the wearer
  • Maneuver through tricky places like inseams and underarms
  • And more!

The 13 illustrated lessons and over 300 color photos in this book provide detailed examples for all the basic techniques. Lots of variations plus plenty of tips and examples (67 in all) provide you with all the guidance you need to rethink and repair beautifully.

The stunning photos will inspire you to get creative on that fraying neckline or worn elbow! See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 680g
  • Dimensions: 191 x 254mm
  • Publication Date: 08 Mar 2022
  • Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780804854740

About Hikaru NoguchiNoguchi

Hikaru Noguchi is a knitted textile designer. Her passion for fabric has led her to become one of the world's leading experts in darning with the aim to creatively fix rather than discard. Her darning books including Darning: Repair Make Mend are popular all around the globe and her textiles have been widely exhibited and are sold in boutiques worldwide. Find her work at www.hikarunoguchi.com and @hikaru_noguchi_design

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