The Mender's Manual: Repairing and Preserving Garments and Bedding

By Estelle J. Foote

Great Book for people that sew! This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0151591504
• ISBN13: 9780151591503
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.

Customer Reviews

mending is an art

Mending is often a superior choice for longer wear of a garment or household item, and recycling is another possibility; Dr. Foote has written a practical and helpful guide to both. Her book has been a helpful asset when my sewing machine manual and my sew-from-new books couldn't answer my questions. For the thrifty, frugal, and skilled steward of any household or wardrobe, I recommend this little book as a good read as well as an inspiration. You can make clothes and linens look better, wear better and last longer by fixing the small problems that occur over time, and save a lot of greenbacks too. In years of graduate school, cross country moves at my own expense, poorly paid but exciting and worthwhile jobs, I have learned to rely on the wisdom of menders, recyclers and ingenious frugal ones to keep my wardrobe and household presentable. Enjoy this little gem for its quotations, its history, its drawings, text and stories, its size and the gratifying message that making the best of what you have is entirely within your capabilities. For a person who sews, a treasure.