TY - BOOK AU - Noguchi,Hikaru AU - Soo,Leeyong TI - Creative mending: beautiful darning, patching and stitching techniques SN - 9780804854740 U1 - 646.4 23 PY - 2022/// CY - Boston, Massachusetts PB - Tuttle KW - Clothing and dress KW - Alterations KW - Embroidery KW - Dressmaking KW - Handicraft KW - Needlework KW - Patterns KW - Sewing KW - Technique KW - Stitches (Sewing) KW - Repairing KW - Instructional and educational works KW - lcgft KW - Patterns (Instructional works) N2 - Mend, rethink, transform, recreate! Mending your favorite fabric items-from jeans to sweaters to sofa covers-becomes a true art form in Stylish Mending. In this book, mending guru Hikaru Noguchi shows you her entire range of valuable techniques--from embroidery and patching to darning and felting--that are just challenging enough for experienced menders. Noguchi's basic rules of mending are that the repair should suit the fabric and its user, and that there are lots of creative ways to create beautifully customized repairs-some subtle, others making a statement. She provides thirteen techniques that show you how ER -