Make mend : sashiko-inspired embroidery projects to customize and repair textiles and decorate your home

by Jessica Marquez

Paper Book, 2018

Call number

746.46 MAR

Collection

Publication

California : Watson-Guptill, [2018]

Description

An exquisite, full-color guide to sashiko, a simple Japanese stitching technique that uses stunning patterns to decorate or repair clothing, accessories, and home textiles. Requiring no special equipment other than a sewing needle and thread, Make and Mend introduces the incredibly simple technique of sashiko--a striking hand-sewing method using a running stitch to form pleasing geometric patterns. Sashiko is traditionally used to mend and repair clothing and textiles, but it can just as easily be used to create beautiful, decorative projects for the home. With fifteen projects applying a modern, on-trend aesthetic to this ancient craft, Make and Mend shows readers how to apply sashiko stitching to a variety of craft projects, such as repairing torn jeans, mending a ripped hem, and making decorative pillows, napkins, a tablecloth, and a totebag. Touching on the concepts of beauty in minimalism and resourceful simplicity, as well as a fascination with Japan and Japanese design, this easy and accessible book appeals to both the seasoned maker and total beginner.… (more)

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LibraryThing member jen.e.moore
A useful little book of patchwork patterns and mending and patching instructions, along with several grid patterns of traditional and modified sashiko embroidery designs. My mother would be horrified to find I needed a book of references for mending instructions, but if you didn't have my mother,
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with this book you could fake it.
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LibraryThing member LibrarianRyan
When most people think of embroidery they think of their grandmothers doilies and table runners, or blankets of colorful thread pictures. This book goes beyond that. It’s about a specific style of embroidery that use geometric patterns to not only create art, but mend everyday use items like
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jeans, jackets, etc. The author heavily goes through making your own patterns, how they are drawn, and the easiest way to complete each pattern. As someone who has embroidered since childhood, I Liked seeing these new techniques and the unique patterns that seem fresh and new while being classic and useful.
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Pages

153

ISBN

9780399579431
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