Make Thrift Mend: Stitch, Patch, Darn, Plant-Dye & Love Your Wardrobe
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Slow fashion influencer Katrina Rodabaugh follows her bestselling book, Mending Matters, with a comprehensive guide to building (and keeping) a wardrobe that matters. Whether you want to repair your go-to jeans, refresh a favorite garment, alter or dye clothing you already have—this book has all the know-how you’ll need. Woven throughout are stories, essays, and a slow fashion call-to-action, encouraging readers to get involved or deepen their commitment to changing the destructive habit of overconsumption. Rodabaugh has an engaged community (her kits are in high demand and her classes sell out quickly) and a proven ability to tempt sewists and nonsewists alike to take up needle and thread.
From the Publisher
Sustainable Sewing: Tablecloth Top
Plant-Dyed Silk Tank Top: Queen Anne’s Lace
How to Mend: Tools, Materials, and Techniques
Darning a Sweater
Mending Denim
Katrina Rodabaugh, Yuko Yamamoto, Denise Bayron, and Katharine Daugherty
An Excerpt from Make Thrift Mend
PAUSE
Before you do anything, do nothing. Just pause. The most sustainable clothes are the ones already in your closet. The first thing you need to do is to take a break from shopping, so make a commitment to a fashion fast. You could make it just a weeklong fast. But I’d encourage you to make it a little longer than feels comfortable yet just shy of feeling impossible. Maybe thirty days, three months, or even a year.
ASSESS
Acknowledge what you love to wear. Look at what is coming out of the clean laundry. See what’s hanging at the front of your closet or folded on the top in your drawers. Or snap a photo of yourself each day for a week. It’s helpful to gain insights about your personal uniform. This is also a good time to note anything that you’re missing, like a long-sleeved T-shirt to wear under your favorite sweater.
Take inventory of the garments you own. Do you have eight black dresses? Four blue sweaters? Or six pairs of jeans, three of which need mending? Set them aside before you buy new jeans—we’ll get to repairs. If you come across garments you aren’t wearing, put them aside too. Sort your clothes into three piles: yes, no, and maybe. The pile you love should stay. The “no” pile should go, but thoughtfully (see “Donate,” page 27). And the “maybe” pile could be a place where you experiment with styling, repurposing, dyeing, or patchwork. The goal is to shift your habits toward more intentional purchases that you’ll tend, mend, and love to wear.
Publisher:Abrams (April 20, 2021)
Language:English
Hardcover:224 pages
ISBN-10:1419743996
ISBN-13:978-1419743993
Item Weight:2.03 pounds
Dimensions:7 x 1 x 9 inches
