Mending With Kids: Patching, Painting, Sewing and Other Kid-Friendly Techniques

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Mending With Kids by Nami Levy Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Kids are tough on their clothes...Fortunately, they re creative too!Mending With Kids shows you how to take torn, stained and outgrown kids clothes and make them better than before using a variety of simple techniques that you can actually do with your kids. This book is filled with helpful tips and techniques for patching, collage (with felt and fabrics), iron-ons, stenciling, darning, embroidery, hand-painting, and much more!Best of all, most of these techniques are easy enough for kids to join in and put their personal stamp on their clothes - which they absolutely love doing! And with your supervision, they ll pick up practical skills along the this book, you ll find practical ideas and advice on clothes-savers like:Using added bands of fabric to cover, patch and lengthen jeans and trousers (kids outgrow them so fast!)Combining patching with embroidery to make a repair into a design elementEmbroidering around holes to make them look like part of the original design (make a worm hole in an embroidered apple, for instance!)Turning an iron-on patch into a canvas for your kid s artistry - just grab some permanent markers and have funCovering stains with a creative use of paint (use the stencil patterns in this book, or use ready-made stencils to add favorite animals, cars, flowers and more)And many other ideas that turn clothing repair into a shared adventure!

• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Year: 2023
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780804856270
• Condition: Fine

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