9 Top art books like Mend!: A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto by Kate Sekules

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Mend!: A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto

By: Kate Sekules

4.24

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A hands-on manual and a history and celebration of clothes tending--and its remarkable resurgence a…

If you liked the art plot in Mend!: A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto by Kate Sekules , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

By: Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and… read more

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  • nonfiction
"She was the only woman on the whole record and hearing her gave me the first thought that someday I could be in a band."

-Kathleen Hanna, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

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2. Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland

By: Lisa Schneidau

3.81

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

The islands of Britain and Ireland hold a rich heritage of plant folklore and wisdom, from the magi… read more

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"In the old days, there were bogles, the horrid things, creeping in the darkness, ready to take people. And even in the daytime, when there weren't bogles, people were always fretting about them, or s…"

-Lisa Schneidau, Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland

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3. City of Laughter

By: Temim Fruchter

3.78

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A rich and riveting debut spanning four generations of Eastern European Jewish women bound by blood… read more

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4. Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us

By: Susan Magsamen

3.91

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A life-altering journey through the science of neuroaesthetics, which offers proof for how our brai… read more

Similar categories in Susan Magsamen's Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us book and Kate Sekules's Mend!: A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto

  • art
  • nonfiction
Cover of Mending Life: A Handbook for Repairing Clothes and Hearts by Nina Montenegro

5. Mending Life: A Handbook for Repairing Clothes and Hearts

By: Nina Montenegro

4.47

Format: 223 pages, Kindle Edition

Learn the art of visible mending—a joyful, meditative, and restorative practice—to repair the cloth… read more

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  • art
  • crafts
  • sewing
  • nonfiction
  • how to
  • fashion
  • reference
"A mended garment is a little piece of artwork that you wear around all day, on display like a living gallery wall, eliciting comments, starting conversations, an opening sentence to a good story."

-Nina Montenegro, Mending Life: A Handbook for Repairing Clothes and Hearts

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6. Modern Mending

By: Erin Lewis-Fitzgerald

4.59

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Second Edition: Now with even more clever mending hacks! Bring new life to your old clothes and … read more

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  • crafts
  • sewing
  • nonfiction
  • how to
  • fashion
  • reference
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7. Niksen: Embracing the Dutch Art of Doing Nothing

By: Olga Mecking

3.11

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The Dutch people are some of the happiest in the world. Their secret? They are masters of niksen, o… read more

Similar categories in Olga Mecking's Niksen: Embracing the Dutch Art of Doing Nothing book and Kate Sekules's Mend!: A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto

  • nonfiction
Cover of Mend!: A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto by Kate Sekules

8. Mend!: A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto

By: Kate Sekules

4.24

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A hands-on manual and a history and celebration of clothes tending--and its remarkable resurgence a… read more

Similar categories in Kate Sekules's Mend!: A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto book and Kate Sekules's Mend!: A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto

  • art
  • crafts
  • sewing
  • nonfiction
  • how to
  • fashion
  • activism
  • reference
Cover of Make Thrift Mend: Stitch, Patch, Darn, Plant-Dye &  Love Your Wardrobe by Katrina Rodabaugh

9. Make Thrift Mend: Stitch, Patch, Darn, Plant-Dye & Love Your Wardrobe

By: Katrina Rodabaugh

3.81

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Slow fashion expert Katrina Rodabaugh, bestselling author of Mending Matters, teaches readers how t… read more

Similar categories in Katrina Rodabaugh's Make Thrift Mend: Stitch, Patch, Darn, Plant-Dye & Love Your Wardrobe book and Kate Sekules's Mend!: A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto

  • sewing
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • crafts
  • how to
Cover of Creative Mending: Beautiful Darning, Patching and Stitching Techniques (Over 300 color photos) by Hikaru Noguchi

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

By: Hikaru Noguchi

4.23

Format: 104 pages, Hardcover

Mend, rethink, transform, recreate! Mending your favorite fabric items--from jeans to sweaters to … read more

Similar categories in Hikaru Noguchi's Creative Mending: Beautiful Darning, Patching and Stitching Techniques (Over 300 color photos) book and Kate Sekules's Mend!: A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto

  • art
  • sewing
  • nonfiction
  • how to
  • crafts
  • reference
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11. Mending with Love: Creative Repairs for Your Favorite Things

By: Noriko Misumi

3.88

Format: 88 pages, Hardcover

Mend, rethink, transform, recreate! Mending With Love shows you how to apply embroidery, patchin… read more

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  • sewing
  • nonfiction
  • how to
  • crafts
  • reference
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12. Joyful Mending: Visible Repairs for the Perfectly Imperfect Things We Love!

By: Noriko Misumi

3.83

Format: 88 pages, paperback

Joyful Mending shows you how to fix old items of clothing, linens and household objects by turning … read more

Similar categories in Noriko Misumi's Joyful Mending: Visible Repairs for the Perfectly Imperfect Things We Love! book and Kate Sekules's Mend!: A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto

  • crafts
  • sewing
  • nonfiction
  • how to
  • fashion
  • reference
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13. Miss Iceland

By: Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

3.87

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Iceland in the 1960s. Hekla is a budding female novelist who was born in the remote district of Dal… read more

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"Dalla mia coscienza alle tue labbra c'è un oceano insormontabile."

-Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Miss Iceland

"It’s better than anything either Laxness or Thórberger Thordarson write. We might be talking about a new Nobel Prize winner, Hekla."

-Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Miss Iceland

"Calculo mentalmente. Si cada día trabajo nueve horas y duermo siete, me quedan ocho para escribir y leer. Si quiero escribir de noche, nadie me lo impedirá. Igual que nadie me animará a hacerlo. Nadi…"

-Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Miss Iceland

Cover of Visible Mending: Repair, Renew, Reuse the Clothes You Love by Arounna Khounnoraj

14. Visible Mending: Repair, Renew, Reuse the Clothes You Love

By: Arounna Khounnoraj

4.16

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

We all have that favorite pair of jeans – no matter how baggy or worn they might become. In the mov… read more

Similar categories in Arounna Khounnoraj's Visible Mending: Repair, Renew, Reuse the Clothes You Love book and Kate Sekules's Mend!: A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto

  • art
  • sewing
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • crafts
Cover of Mending Matters: Stitch, Patch, and Repair Your Favorite Denim & More by Katrina Rodabaugh

15. Mending Matters: Stitch, Patch, and Repair Your Favorite Denim & More

By: Katrina Rodabaugh

3.94

Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition

This guide explores visible mending techniques in both hands-on projects and thoughtful insight abo… read more

Similar categories in Katrina Rodabaugh's Mending Matters: Stitch, Patch, and Repair Your Favorite Denim & More book and Kate Sekules's Mend!: A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto

  • art
  • crafts
  • sewing
  • nonfiction
  • how to
  • fashion
  • reference
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16. The Geometry of Hand-Sewing

By: Natalie Chanin

4.46

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

In The Geometry of Hand-Sewing , Natalie Chanin and her Alabama Chanin and The School of Making tea… read more

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  • art
  • crafts
  • sewing
  • nonfiction
  • how to
  • fashion
  • reference
Cover of A Life Less Throwaway: The Lost Art of Buying for Life by Button Tara

17. A Life Less Throwaway: The Lost Art of Buying for Life

By: Button Tara

3.65

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Now more than ever, we live in a society where we covet new and shiny things. Not only has consumpt… read more

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  • fashion
  • nonfiction
  • how to
Cover of Wear, Repair, Repurpose: A Maker's Guide to Mending and Upcycling Clothes by Lily Fulop

18. Wear, Repair, Repurpose: A Maker's Guide to Mending and Upcycling Clothes

By: Lily Fulop

3.76

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Repair your favorite socks with style, add flair with personalized patches, and turn ripped jeans i… read more

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  • art
  • crafts
  • sewing
  • nonfiction
  • how to
  • fashion
  • reference
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19. The Act of Sewing: How to Make and Modify Clothes to Wear Every Day

By: Sonya Philip

4.26

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A complete guide to sewing simple garments—with four full-size patterns and all the tricks of alter… read more

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  • art
  • crafts
  • sewing
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • fashion
Cover of Mend & Patch: A handbook to repairing clothes and textiles by Kerstin Neumüller

20. Mend & Patch: A handbook to repairing clothes and textiles

By: Kerstin Neumüller

4.03

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Learn how to take care of your clothes by mending, patching, and repairing them, so you can extend … read more

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  • sewing
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • crafts
  • how to
Cover of Beautiful Botanical Embroidery by Alice Makabe

21. Beautiful Botanical Embroidery

By: Alice Makabe

4.24

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Colorful projects inspired by nature: Celebrate the beauty of botanical embroidery with this collec… read more

Similar categories in Alice Makabe's Beautiful Botanical Embroidery book and Kate Sekules's Mend!: A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto

  • crafts
  • nonfiction

18 Top nonfiction books like Mend!: A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto by Kate Sekules

Transform Your Habits

Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Transform Your Habits

Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us

Susan Magsamen

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Mending Life: A Handbook for Repairing Clothes and Hearts

Nina Montenegro

4.47

Transform Your Habits

Modern Mending

Erin Lewis-Fitzgerald

4.59

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19 must-read nonfiction books like Mend & Patch: A handbook to repairing clothes and textiles by Kerstin Neumüller

Transform Your Habits

Mend It Better: Creative Patching, Darning, and Stitching

Kristin M. Roach

3.70

Transform Your Habits

A Stash of One's Own: Knitters on Loving, Living with, and Letting go of Yarn

Clara Parkes

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Mending Life: A Handbook for Repairing Clothes and Hearts

Nina Montenegro

4.47

Transform Your Habits

Mudlark: In Search of London's Past Along the River Thames

Lara Maiklem

4.15

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