A review by joymargot
Bound by Maddie Ballard

5.0

As someone who used to be extremely into sewing and now prefers to spend my evenings and weekends reading, this collection of essays was the perfect meeting place for my past and current selves.

The essays are beautifully written and explore identity and relationships as well as creativity. Emma Dai’an Wright’s accompanying illustrations feel tailor-made for Maddie’s words, if you’ll pardon the expression.

This would be a wonderful gift for a sewist or someone who’s keen to learn. I feel throughly inspired to dust off my sewing machine and get stitching again!

Huge thanks to Tandem UK for the ARC.