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      Paperback Make, Sew and Mend: Traditional Techniques to Sustainably Maintain and Refashion Your Clothes Book
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      ISBN: 164567486X

      ISBN13: 9781645674863

      Make, Sew and Mend: Traditional Techniques to Sustainably Maintain and Refashion Your Clothes

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      NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

      OVER 50,000 COPIES SOLD

      Learn the historically proven stitches every seamster needs with beloved historical fashion YouTuber Bernadette Banner.

      Whether you are just getting started with sustainable fashion and need to alter your new secondhand finds, or you want an introduction to sewing techniques for making your own clothes, Bernadette Banner's signature voice will guide you through all the traditional stitches and techniques you need to extend the life of your favorite pieces and take fashion into
      your own hands

      From tips and tricks on choosing your materials and preparing your fabric for sewing to more complex techniques like mending small holes, adding pockets to garments, making your own buttons and beyond―this book has everything you need. Complete with step-by-step photos and insight into what alterations each sewing technique is best suited for, Bernadette walks you through every step of your sewing journey.
      For added inspiration, this book also includes profiles on exciting voices in the historic sewing community and their perspectives on how taking fashion into their own hands has changed their lives for the better.

      Make, Sew and Mend is the perfect foundation for beginner sewers to start making their fashion their own.

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      Amazing book by an amazing person

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      I've been following Bernadette Banner's YouTube channel for years now. The relaxed, aesthetic, humorous manner of her videos is captured excellently in this beginner's sewing bible. She touches on so many terms and techniques found throughout her channel and provides excellent, easy to follow instructions for those looking to follow in her footsteps and procure for themselves a more sustainable, more fashionable, more historical...

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