Make and Mend: Sashiko-Inspired Embroidery Projects to Customize and Repair Textiles and Decorate Your Home

I love the detail of explanation and the beautiful projects in it. They are easy and well explained plus the patterns available, amazing!

This is a great book for anyone trying to learn Sashiko for either making new pieces or mending old ones. This offers the most detailed and comprehensive package that I have come across so far. Like many people, I am always frustrated by the prospect of throwing away my favorite pair of jeans. It seems like they are just getting broken in when they blow out in one place or another. I have recently turned to mending my clothing to get more life out of them, and I am so glad that I did. This takes the concept of mending one step further: as an opportunity to embellish and beautify your garment. I much prefer the Sashiko-style patches to the garish and random machine-patches that I have made in the past, particularly if the patch is in a visible location. This book serves as both an inspiration and a powerful tutorial. There is enough information here to get you started at the ground-level and take you much further into making very complex and intricate Sashiko patterns. After buying a few of the most popular books on Amazon about mending, this is the one that I have used most often!

This is the book I keep returning to as I'm learning sashiko for mending and embellishing. Jessica provides clear, complete instructions and photos of a variety of techniques. I've been hand sewing for many years and still picked up some tips. From mending instructions to projects using sashiko to the excellent pattern collection with instructions for creating your own sashiko patterns, this book is a gem.

Easy to follow. This style of mending is beautiful and functional if you like it.

Excellent guide to Sashiko especially with respect to mending! Very good layout highlighting her clear, concise instructions including good photos. She has done great research, integrating traditional Shashiko patterns and methods. I am so glad I selected her modest, beauty of a guide!

My sister ended up buying me this book for Christmas. I love it so much. The resources list in the back is legitimate!! I have already started mending things!! The pictures are clear and the text is concise and easy to follow. It is inspirational AND a book you will actually follow through with!

I definitely did not need another book on textiles or stitching, but this book is a must for anyone who loves making with their hands, believes in and has a desire to up-cycle, a passion to make beautiful treasures and heirlooms, and has environmental concerns. I am a metalsmith and jewelry designer and I incorporate textile and Belgian Bobbin lace within my work. I am excited to see how can include even more beautiful and meaningful stitching. The book is well written and Jessica is very helpful. I will be posting images of what I come up with.

This book has given me great information about sashiko, what threads to use, what equipment is useful, and how to go about using sashiko designs to mend garments of all kinds. There are projects to help you improve your skills and lots and lots of colored photos. And there is a pattern collection which shows finished designs and well as line drawings to show how to achieve these designs. This is a wonderful little book with great ideas on how to become more proficient with hand sewing and mending.

This is a very good book for beginners new to sashiko. Good diagrams and projects to try.

Muito bom para quem está iniciando na técnica Sachiko, livro com ilustrações explicativas.

Adoro questa tecnica e il libro è ricco di spunti e indicazioni molto ben spiegate. Grande ispirazione

Como edición es hermosa y puede ser un buen libro de regalo para alguien que guste de bordar y quiera iniciar con la técnica de Sashiko. Como manual no es tan bueno si no tienes conocimientos previos sobre bordado pero los proyectos son fáciles y muy básicos.

All the basics you need to get started with sashiko decorative or mending stitches.