Mending Handbook: Repair & Restore Fabric & Textiles

by Jason Bowlsby, Shannon Leigh Roudhán

Overview

This is your ultimate guide to reclaiming your favorite clothes with a modern take on traditional mending techniques. Explore expert tips for tricky fabrics, creative fixes, and no-sew solutions, ensuring you're ready for any repair. With detailed instructions and 50 embroidery and mending stitches, this book turns mending into a modern, stylish art form.

Learn the difference between darning and mending, find out how to patch with style, tackle techniques like sashiko and boro, and explore creative reinforcements with lace, crochet, and more.

• Master 50 mending stitches to refresh and renew your favorite clothes, saving money and reducing waste
• Discover how to make stylish repairs using darning, patches, reinforcements, eye-catching sashiko and boro stitches, and more to bring new life to your clothes
• Learn how to easily fix your garments using buttons, hems, emergency repairs, and no-sew tricks—these practical solutions will have your clothes looking their best in no time!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781644035788
Publisher:	C & T Publishing
Publication date:	04/28/2026
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Shannon Leigh Roudhán and Jason Bowlsby have been partners in life for 27 years and have been teaching adults for 20+ years. They have published ten books on crochet and knitwear patterns and have taught scrappy wonky quilting for over four years in person and online. Shannon & Jason currently live in Seattle, Washington. shannonandjason.com

Shannon Leigh Roudhán and Jason Bowlsby have been partners in life for 27 years and have been teaching adults for 20+ years. They have published ten books on crochet and knitwear patterns and have taught scrappy wonky quilting for over four years in person and online. Shannon & Jason currently live in Seattle, Washington. shannonandjason.com