Mend Your Denim To Save Money!

Mending Matters: Stitch, Patch, and Repair Your Favorite Denim & More is a fun book showing ways to mend denim. Mending Matters explores sewing on two levels: First, it includes more than 20 hands-on projects that showcase current trends in visible mending that are edgy, modern, and bold—but draw on traditional stitching. It does all this through just four very simple mending techniques: exterior patches, interior patches, slow stitches, darning, and weaving. In addition, the book addresses the way mending leads to a more mindful relationship to fashion and to overall well-being. In essays that accompany each how-to chapter, Katrina Rodabaugh explores mending as a metaphor for appreciating our own naturally flawed selves, and she examines the ways in which mending teaches us new skills, self-reliance, and confidence, all gained from making things with our
own hands.

Denim Mending + Visible Mending for Beginners: 2-in-1 Compendium for Mending Denim, Knitted Fabrics, and Other Materials is another one that is full of ways to mend denim. Inside this book you will discover:
 A 9-step patching technique, to help you make the perfect patch and design for your denim

 1 jean repair ‘pro-tip’ that professional jean tailors will never reveal to you

 A versatile and robust mending technique that can repair your favorite sweater

 How to mend denim easily by hand, even if it is your first time, by using 3 classic Japanese stitching techniques

How to re-enforce the inner thigh of your jeans, with a simple but effective 8-step method

 1 secret tool that will make stitching easy, even if it’s your first time

 The secret to finding and mending thrift store clothing

How to mend your favorite denim (and avoid cutting them into shorts) using the ‘sashiko’ method

How to patch jeans while keeping the distressed look

 How to hem jeans while keeping the original hem

 The biggest mistake you could be making when choosing a fabric to patch your denim

 1 mending technique that blends both mending and embroidery, giving you the best of both worlds

1 simple but crucial tip that will make patching easier for you

 The #1 stitching technique you should use when repairing pillowcases

 A mending technique from India, that is considered a ‘dying art’, and could be lost to the ages within our lifetime (it’s also perfect for mending your socks)