Mending Matters: Stitch, Patch and Repair Your Favorite Denim & More Book
Mending Matters is a practical and reflective guide to visible mending, focused on repairing denim and everyday garments through creative hand-stitching. Combining over twenty projects with thoughtful essays, it explores repair as both a craft and a mindful way of living. A must-have for denim lovers and makers alike.
Mending Matters is both a practical guide and a thoughtful meditation on the art of repair. Written by textile artist and author Katrina Rodabaugh, this book explores visible mending as a creative, sustainable, and deeply human practice—one that connects craft, clothing, and mindful living.
On a practical level, the book presents more than twenty hands-on projects focused on repairing and extending the life of denim and everyday garments. Using just a handful of accessible techniques—exterior patching, interior patching, slow stitching, darning, and weaving—Rodabaugh demonstrates how repair can be bold, expressive, and modern, while still drawing inspiration from traditional hand-stitching methods.
Beyond technique, Mending Matters invites readers to rethink their relationship with clothing. Through reflective essays accompanying each how-to section, Rodabaugh explores mending as a metaphor for embracing imperfection, cultivating patience, and developing self-reliance. Repair becomes not only a way to care for garments, but also a way to foster confidence, creativity, and a more intentional approach to consumption.
Whether you’re a denim enthusiast, a maker, or someone interested in slowing down fashion habits, Mending Matters offers inspiration to repair rather than replace—and to find beauty, meaning, and individuality in the marks left by wear and time.
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