In the Folds An Introduction to Garment Repair PDF

Buy An Introduction to Garment Repair from In the Folds. Created in collaboration with repair advocate and mending enthusiast Renee Williams of Repair Redefined, An Introduction to Garment Repair is a resource that will help you slow down and put some love back into your existing wardrobe.

Full of tips, tutorials and inspiration that will get you excited to mend, An Introduction to Garment Repair starts with the basics, showing you a host of hand-sewing techniques that have a range of applications, and then steps things up a notch, with patching, repairing rips and tears, darning (on both wovens and knits) and embroidery techniques that can be used to cover imperfections, holes or stains.

Each tutorial outlines when a technique can be used and is paired with step-by-step photographs so you will feel confident and supported as you learn this new skill.

Renee has also thrown in many amazing tips and tricks, learned from countless repairs and hours teaching others, that will leave you feeling like a mending expert by the time you get to the end!

This guide is available to buy in the following format:

– PDF (available to download immediately after purchase). What is a PDF?

Notions: As a garment sewist, chances are you will already have some of the tools on hand to create your mending kit. Even if you don’t, most of the recommended items are easy and inexpensive to find, and a mending kit (like a sewing kit) is something you can build over time.

A basic mending kit (items you’ll need to complete your mending sampler): sewing machine with a straight stitch (only used in sampler preparation); natural woven fabric for sampler; small pieces of denim/cotton/linen for patches; hand sewing needles in a few different sizes; sewing thread (use what you have, but you can experiment with universal sewing thread, embroidery thread, sashiko thread and perle cotton); safety pins; ruler; fabric marker/chalk/erasable fabric pen; small scissors; embroidery hoop.

PDF includes: A4/US letter print-at-home guide (75 pages, or view on a screen). An Introduction to Garment Repair also includes a number of links to videos if you prefer to see the mending techniques in action.

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