{"product_id":"a-beginners-guide-to-visible-mending-by-shelley-zetuni","title":"A Beginner's Guide to Visible Mending by Shelley Zetuni (Pre-order)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailable for pre-order, publication date is 15th September.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBring new life to old clothes or charity-shop finds and create your sustainable wardrobe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLearn techniques such as darning, embroidery, needle-felting, applique and binding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRepairing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eShelley teaches her \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.raystitch.co.uk\/collections\/guest-teachers\/products\/designer-darning-with-sewing-smith\"\u003eDarning Workshop\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.raystitch.co.uk\/collections\/guest-teachers\/products\/sashiko-inspired-visible-mending-for-denim-with-sewing-smith\"\u003eSashiko Inspired Visible Mending for Denim\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e here at Ray Stitch. You can find her upcoming classes on the guest teachers page.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c!-- notionvc: f2296229-ee33-467a-b61c-9b43f6b059ff --\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cico Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58190273741183,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/0034\/0564\/files\/ShelleyBookCover.jpg?v=1786898399","url":"https:\/\/www.raystitch.co.uk\/products\/a-beginners-guide-to-visible-mending-by-shelley-zetuni","provider":"Ray Stitch","version":"1.0","type":"link"}