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

4.56 AVERAGE

melgodes's review against another edition

4.0
This book is as beautiful as it is useful. Filled with poems and illustrations as well as instructions, it is a quite romantic look at mending.
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isaacwwkelly's review

4.25
adventurous hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

meganmade's review

5.0
informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced
wonderful book, very well put together and inspiring 

jijirich's review against another edition

3.0
hopeful informative inspiring relaxing fast-paced
Lovely little read, hopefully it will inspire me to start on my mending pile 😅

chanadevorah's review

4.0
informative inspiring
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kaitlinshares's review

5.0
informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Gorgeous illustrations, beautiful philosophy, practical and easy-to-use techniques. I immediately want to buy a copy for myself.

lsparrow's review against another edition

5.0
One of the best mending books I have read. I love the discussion of the authors philosophy behind mending. Great step by step instructions of the techniques and the part that i thought was the most genius was the review of using the techniques with common mending issues.

clarabirdie's review

5.0
informative reflective fast-paced

theodarling's review

4.5
hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
This book is gorgeous and so thoughtfully put together!! There are more advanced mending manuals out there, but this would be a great introduction for someone new to clothing repair, and even as someone with previous sewing and mending experience I found some little tips that will improve my arsenal. I felt the section on armhole mends kind of missed a trick by "assuming you've caught it in time" before the hole becomes a major problem, instead of walking readers through how to manage that difficult mend. But I loved that the Montenegro sisters included some problems less commonly addressed in mending literature, like holes in down jackets/sleeping bags and even (one problem with) wonky zippers. Most appreciated of all are the beautiful illustrations and the gentle philosophy woven throughout, insisting on lovingkindness for and solidarity with not just for the objects that support us, but radiating outward to the people, animals, plants, and ecosystems that contributed to their existence. 

jabumble's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 75%
Musste es an die Bücherei zurück geben. 
Mir hat es sehr gut gefallen. Fande es gut erklärt und toll illustriert.