Joyful Mending: Visible Repairs for the Perfectly Imperfect Things We Love!

• Provides a wide range of useful fabric mending techniques including sewing, embroidery, darning, crochet and felting repair
• Visible mending is part of the slow fashion/ethical fashion/wabi sabi mindfulness movement advocating repairing and wearing existing clothes rather than discarding them and replacing them with cheaply-constructed garments made by underpaid workers; this is a worldwide environmental and human rights concern
• A huge percentage of worldwide carbon emissions and environmental waste is caused by discarding old items and replacing them with new ones
• The joyful decluttering movement pioneered by Marie Kondo teaches us that keeping and using a few treasured objects that provide joy is the key to a happier, more fulfilled lifestyle

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: 03/17/2020
ISBN: 9784805315743
Pages: 88
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.50w x 0.40d

Review Citations: Library Journal 03/01/2020 pg. 90