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Mend It Better\u00a0 by Kristin M. Roach<\/p>\nMend It Better\u00a0 by Kristin M. Roach<\/p>\n
I picked up this book from my local library. The title caught my eye. Mending? That\u2019s not very trendy or glamorous. Up-cycling is trendy. Fixing what you already own? Not so much.<\/p>\n
This book is full of practical tips and instructions. It also has projects, like a pouch for your mending kit. After the author shows you a basic repair she shows you a way to make that repair more of a design feature. For example, a child\u2019s garment has a stain or hole. It is covered with a patch which has then been added to with other fabric to be a three dimensional applique flower. It\u2019s a very clever idea. Another clever mend is turning a hole of a sweater into a beaded design element. Some of the crafty mending projects are too crafty for my taste but they are good ideas.<\/p>\n
I really liked the basic mending instructions. I learned how to darn my striped cotton Hanna Anderson tights. Much caught my eye in this book. I especially liked how to make in seam pockets for a lined jacket that has no pocket and the chapter on replacing zippers in garments including the fly zipper.<\/p>\n
I recommend reading, if not owning, this book. It\u2019s in my Amazon wish list and after the 29th<\/sup> when it goes back to the library I will have to put it in my cart.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mend It Better\u00a0 by Kristin M. Roach I picked up this book from my local library. The title caught my eye. Mending? That\u2019s not very trendy or glamorous. Up-cycling is trendy. Fixing what you already own? Not so much. This book is full of practical tips and instructions. It also has projects, like a pouch […] Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[75,74,77,76,38],"class_list":["post-507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sewing-books","tag-kristin-m-roach","tag-mend-it-better","tag-mending","tag-sewing-books-2","tag-up-cycling"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/mend-it-better.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1EZxn-8b","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":630,"href":"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507\/revisions\/630"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}