Mending with love : creative repairs for your favorite things
Record details
- ISBN: 9780804854030
- ISBN: 0804854033
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Physical Description:
print
88 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm - Publisher: Tokyo ; Tuttle Publishing, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
General Note: | Translation of: Tsukurō kurashi ©2017. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The joys of mending -- part 1. Mending and living: Why I wrote this book ; My favorite things ; My philosophy of mending and life -- part 2. Mending socks: Basic darning techniques ; Using a darning mushroom -- part 3. Mending stains, holes and frays: Mending tops ; Mending hand-me-downs ; Mending knits ; Basic felting techniques ; Mending dresses ; Mending the cat's mischief ; Mending work stains and damage ; Basing patching techniques ; Mending kids' clothes ; Mending around the kitchen ; Mending slippers and socks ; Mending handkerchiefs ; Mending bags -- part 4. Covering stains with stamps: Stamping with erasers ; Stamping with cotton swabs -- part 5. Remake old items into something you like even more: A worn towel ; A t-shirt that's no longer worn ; An old sack ; An old wool vest ; Darning tools -- Appendix: Mending techniques. |
Language Note: | In English, translated from the Japanese. |
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Subject: | Clothing and dress Repairing Sewing Clothing and dress Repairing Sewing |
Genre: | Instructional and educational works. |
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Homer Public Library | 646.6 MIS (Text) | 000161177 | Nonfiction | Available | - |