Fix Your Clothes: The sustainable magic of mending, patching, and darning - Couverture souple

Briggs, Raleigh

 
9781621069065: Fix Your Clothes: The sustainable magic of mending, patching, and darning

Synopsis

A hand written, illustrated guide to repairing your own clothes that provides a fun alternative to fast fashion!

Ever had to say goodbye to a favourite item of clothing because of a busted zipper, fallen hem, or gaping hole? Want to save money and the world by not buying new clothes all the time? Concerned about the labour practices of fast fashion? If so, learn to repair your clothes from this cheerful, illustrated guide.

Raleigh Briggs, author and illustrator of the bestselling Make Your Place (Microcosm, 2011), takes us on a mending journey through stocking your supplies, quick fixes, types of knots and stitches, buttons, mending seams, patching holes, darning holes, hemming, fixing zippers, waterproofing canvas, leather, and nylon, and so much more! Raleigh's style is simple, playful, friendly, fun, and builds your confidence.

You can do it!

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À propos de l?auteur

Raleigh Briggs is the bestselling author of Make Your Place: Affordable, Sustainable Nesting Skills (2011) and Make It Last: Prolonging and Preserving the Things We Love (2012), both published by Microcosm. She is also the creator of several DIY zines. She lives with her husband and two needy cats in Seattle, WA.

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