12 Best how to books like Mending Matters: Stitch, Patch, and Repair Your Favorite Denim & More by Katrina Rodabaugh

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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…

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Cover of PatternReview.com 1,000 Clever Sewing Shortcuts and Tips: Top-Rated Favorites from Sewing Fans and Master Teachers by Deepika Prakash, Sandra Betzina

1. PatternReview.com 1,000 Clever Sewing Shortcuts and Tips: Top-Rated Favorites from Sewing Fans and Master Teachers

By: Deepika Prakash , Sandra Betzina

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

This book contains the best hands-on insider sewing tips from the popular sewing website PatternRev… read more

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  • crafts
  • nonfiction
  • sewing
  • reference
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2. Lost Among the Living

By: Simone St. James

2.62

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

England, 1921. Three years after her husband, Alex, disappeared, shot down over Germany, Jo Manders… read more

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3. Lotta Jansdotter's Simple Sewing: Patterns and How-To for 24 Fresh and Easy Projects

By: Lotta Jansdotter , Meiko Arquillos

4.57

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Internationally celebrated designer Lotta Jansdotter collects 24 of her most popular sewing pattern… read more

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  • art
  • sewing
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • how to
  • crafts
  • reference
Cover of Slow Stitch: Mindful and Contemplative Textile Art by Claire Wellesley-Smith

4. Slow Stitch: Mindful and Contemplative Textile Art

By: Claire Wellesley-Smith

3.90

Format: 77 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes less is more--and quality is more important than quantity. That's true in textile art too… read more

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  • art
  • crafts
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  • nonfiction
  • how to
  • fashion
  • reference

5. Couture Sewing Techniques

By: Claire B. Shaeffer

4.25

Format: 328 pages,

Sewers who have ever longed to create clothing with the distinctive look of haute couture will love… read more

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6. Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion

By: Elizabeth L. Cline

4.07

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Until recently, Elizabeth Cline was a typical American consumer. She'd grown accustomed to shopping… read more

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7. Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2)

By: Mur Lafferty

3.94

Format: 369 pages, Paperback

Mallory Viridian would rather not be an amateur detective, and fled to outer space to avoid it…but … read more

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

8. 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
  • reference
  • fashion
  • how to
"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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9. 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
  • sustainability
  • nonfiction
  • how to
  • fashion
  • reference
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10. 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

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  • crafts
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  • nonfiction
  • how to
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11. Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes

By: Dana Thomas

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An investigation into the damage wrought by the colossal clothing industry and the grassroots, high… read more

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  • fashion
  • sustainability
  • nonfiction
"Shoppers snap up five times more clothing now than they did in 1980."

-Dana Thomas, Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes

"In 1991, 56.2% of all clothes purchased in the United States were American-made. By 2012, it was down to 2.5%. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, between 1990 and 2012, the U.S. textile and…"

-Dana Thomas, Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes

Cover of Creative Mending: Beautiful Darning, Patching and Stitching Techniques (Over 300 color photos) by Hikaru Noguchi

12. 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

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  • sewing
  • nonfiction
  • how to
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Cover of Mending with Love: Creative Repairs for Your Favorite Things by Noriko Misumi

13. 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
  • adult
  • sustainability
  • nonfiction
  • how to
  • crafts
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Cover of Joyful Mending: Visible Repairs for the Perfectly Imperfect Things We Love! by Noriko Misumi

14. 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

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  • sustainability
  • nonfiction
  • how to
  • fashion
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Cover of Make, Sew and Mend: Traditional Techniques to Sustainably Maintain and Refashion Your Clothes by Bernadette Banner

15. Make, Sew and Mend: Traditional Techniques to Sustainably Maintain and Refashion Your Clothes

By: Bernadette Banner

4.49

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

New York Times Bestseller Learn the Historically Proven Stitches Every Seamster Needs with Beloved… read more

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  • crafts
  • sewing
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • fashion
  • how to
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16. The Garden

By: Clare Beams

3.33

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The discovery of a secret garden with unknown powers fuels this page-turning and psychologically th… read more

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

17. 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

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

18. 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

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  • sewing
  • knitting
  • sustainability
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • fashion
  • adult
  • how to
Cover of Mend & Patch: A handbook to repairing clothes and textiles by Kerstin Neumüller

19. 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
  • sustainability
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  • how to
  • crafts
  • reference
Cover of Make and Mend: Sashiko-Inspired Embroidery Projects to Customize and Repair Textiles and Decorate Your Home by Jessica Marquez

20. Make and Mend: Sashiko-Inspired Embroidery Projects to Customize and Repair Textiles and Decorate Your Home

By: Jessica Marquez

4.20

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

An exquisite, full-color guide to sashiko, a simple Japanese stitching technique that uses stunning… read more

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  • sewing
  • nonfiction
  • how to
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Cover of Boro & Sashiko, Harmonious Imperfection: The Art of Japanese Mending & Stitching by Shannon Mullett-Bowlsby

21. Boro & Sashiko, Harmonious Imperfection: The Art of Japanese Mending & Stitching

By: Shannon Mullett-Bowlsby

4.22

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Fall in love with boro & sashiko stitching Combine hand stitches to create dramatic, unique designs… read more

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  • nonfiction
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16 Top nonfiction books like Mending Matters: Stitch, Patch, and Repair Your Favorite Denim & More by Katrina Rodabaugh

Transform Your Habits

PatternReview.com 1,000 Clever Sewing Shortcuts and Tips: Top-Rated Favorites from Sewing Fans and Master Teachers

Deepika Prakash , Sandra Betzina

4.12

Lotta Jansdotter's Simple Sewing: Patterns and How-To for 24 Fresh and Easy Projects

Lotta Jansdotter , Meiko Arquillos

4.57

Transform Your Habits

Slow Stitch: Mindful and Contemplative Textile Art

Claire Wellesley-Smith

3.90

Transform Your Habits

Mending Life: A Handbook for Repairing Clothes and Hearts

Nina Montenegro

4.47

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

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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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