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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.

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informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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.

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Musste es an die Bücherei zurück geben.
Mir hat es sehr gut gefallen. Fande es gut erklärt und toll illustriert.

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emotional informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

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4.0

4.5 stars. This creative little book has so much heart. It’s alive with both the how-to, and the bigger why we should, mend our clothing. You don’t need to know a single thing about sewing, or even how to thread a needle, to get started with this book. If you are a mending beginner, this book gives you everything you need to know, snuggled in between little essays on how to come back from our wasteful modern culture, as well as very fun original illustrations. Even though I am familiar with all of the techniques in this book, I still spent a lovely couple of hours reading the essays, looking over the illustrations and dreaming of things I need to mend (or to remake into new iterations).

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4.0

Beautiful. Practical. Encouraging.

Mending our clothes becomes a practice that forms us to be people who mend relationships and our world. It is a beautiful image of how we could live well in the world.

I originally checked it out of the library but immediately knew I wanted a copy for keeping in part as a reference for the techniques and in part as a reminder of the ethos.

If you are interested in gentle living and slow fashion this is a good read.

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