Visible Mending

Repair, Renew, Reuse The Clothes You Love

Arounna Khounnoraj

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English

Quadrille Publishing Ltd
29 October 2020

Industrial: Commercial Art & Design; Embroidery crafts; Quiltmaking, patchwork & applique; Fashion & style guides

We all have that favourite pair of jeans or even lucky socks that we treasure, no matter how baggy or worn they might become. In the movement against throw-away culture and fast fashion, learn how to pick up a needle and rediscover the forgotten techniques and the joy of mending.

In Visible Mending, Arounna Khounnraj explores why we should mend, and how to mend a variety of different fabrics. Work through the book to discover how to repair forgotten pieces and give worn-out clothes a new life. Today, mending has become an extension to making. Mending is about returning value to something, an opportunity to decorate, emphasise details and express identity by repurposing and reusing.

Illustrated step-by-step instructions will demystify mending techniques that can be easily applied to old items to give them a fresh, modern look. Broken into three chapters, Repair, Reuse and Renew, this book is packed with skill-based projects, revealing how to patch jeans, embroider over tears, dye stains and use the Japanese art of Sashiko. Visible Mending is for those who want to learn how to make the most of their wardrobes, be less wasteful, more sustainable and add a personal touch to their garments.

By: Arounna Khounnoraj
Imprint: Quadrille Publishing Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 253mm, Width: 201mm,
Weight: 640g
ISBN: 9781787136106
ISBN 10: 1787136108
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 29 October 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Arounna Khounnraj is a Canadian artist and maker based in Toronto, where she emigrated with her family from Laos at the age of four. While her education includes a Masters in fine arts, it was through subsequent residencies that she found her current focus in fibre arts. In 2002 she started Bookhou, a multi-disciplinary studio with her husband John Booth, together they explore a variety of printing and embroidery techniques through making utilitarian objects such as bags, home goods and textiles. Arounna is a craft-influencer in her own right with a massive 211K followers on Instagram. She runs regular workshops and is recognised for her beautiful embroidery. Her first book Punch Needle was published in 2019 by Quadrille.