{"product_id":"a-beginner-s-guide-to-visible-mending-9781800656406","title":"A Beginner's Guide to Visible Mending: With Over 20 Easy Projects: Bring New Life to Old Clothes with Darning, Applique, Sashiko-Style Stitching, and More","description":"BRING NEW LIFE to old clothes or charity-shop finds and create your SUSTAINABLE WARDROBE.   Learn techniques such as DARNING, EMBROIDERY, NEEDLE-FELTING, APPLIQUÉ and BINDING.   Repairing your old clothes is a brilliant way of adding personality to your wardrobe, is good for the environment and saves money. Perfect for complete beginners, this handbook introduces a variety of mending techniques and shows you how to make unique projects with your new skills. First, there is a guide to all the tools you’ll need, from hand-sewing needles to darning discs and mushrooms. Then, explore different methods of mending, with detailed step-by-step guides, followed by easy projects to put your skills into practice. Learn how to create vibrant patterns with darning, strengthen and embellish with sashiko-style stitching, cover stains with needle-felting and handmade patches, and much more. Throughout, you'll find advice on choosing colours, threads and materials, and how to incorporate a visible mend into the existing style of a garment or use it to give the item a complete refresh.   The 20 beautiful projects include adding needle-felted embellishments to a scarf, repairing a denim jacket with sashiko, patching a hole in fine silk fabric and adding colourful darning to a jumper.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 15 September 2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePage count:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Height 276 mm; Width 208 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ryland, Peters \u0026amp; Small Ltd\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781800656406\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Shelley Zetuni","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50249282617594,"sku":"9781800656406","price":10.61,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/9781800656406.jpg?v=1788821943","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/a-beginner-s-guide-to-visible-mending-9781800656406","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}