Author information: Katrina Rodabaugh's workshops consistently sell out. She is an award-winning artist with strong ties to craft influencers Lisa Congdon, Kristine Vejar, Sasha Duerr, Karen Templer, and more.

Summary: Mending Matters explores sewing on two levels. First, it includes more than 20 hands-on projects that showcase current trends in visible mending that are edgy, modern, and bold, but draw on traditional stitching. It does all this through just four very simple mending techniques: exterior patches, interior patches, slow stitches, darning, and weaving. In addition, the book addresses the way mending leads to a more mindful relationship to fashion and to overall well-being. In essays that accompany each how-to chapter, Katrina Rodabaugh explores mending as a metaphor for appreciating our own naturally flawed selves, and she examines the ways in which.