This beautiful new book is translated from the Japanese book Darning Brooches by Hikaru Noguchi! Filled with her usual inspirational images, this is the perfect guide for those interested in preserving their garments and fabrics with mending techniques. The invention of the Darning Brooch allows you to give new life to precious fabric fragments you can't bear to part with by creating accessories that you can keep, gift or wear. Use the fabric and thread you have at home to make these beautiful pieces, each one of which will be unique to you. All the basic darning stitches are included for beginners with step-by-step photographs, so you can mend your clothes and save them from landfill, as well as preserving memories by turning your fragments into mementoes. If you don't feel like wearing visible mending on your clothes, you can wear them as accessories instead. No previous sewing experience is necessary and full instructions for creating the brooches is included. This is the only darning book you will ever need.
Author Hikaru Noguchi is one of the leading designers and creators of darned fabrics and spear-headed the recent revival in darning. She moved to England from Japan in 1989 to study constructed textiles and after completing her studies at Middlesex University she developed new and innovative textiles with designers including Tom Dixon, Top Shop and projects for Barneys, Browns, Paul Smith women, Takashimaya New York and many others. Hikaru has participated in many shows and exhibitions all over the world, and her work is sold in boutiques and department stores in London, Paris, New York and Tokyo. Other publications include Darning: Repair, make, mend, Creative Mending and Made in France: Knitting.
Introduction 4 Tools to use for darning and brooch making 18 Basic tools / Materials to use for the brooch / Useful tools Recommended types of threads and needles for Darning and brooch making Cloth used to make darning brooch 22 20 Part 1 Basics of darning 23 Basics of beginning and endings 24 How to thread / How to use threader How to use darning mushrooms 26 How to use embroidery hoop 27 Cutting clothes into cloth 27 Darning of Namiui 28 Darning of Gomacio stitch 30 Application of Namiui and Gomacio stitch 32 Biropiro Darning/Mosha Mosha Darning Darning with blanket stitch 34 Honeycomb stitch Honeycomb Flower Tambourine stitching Fan-shaped tambourine stitching basket stitching Cloth darning 50 Various stitches 54 Part 2 How to sew a brooch ss How to make a Soft brooch 56 How to make a Mille-Feuille Brooch 58 How to attach fringe 59 How to make tassels 59 How to attach a brooch pin 60 Kururin Pin-Knit Pin 61 How to put a quilt pin 62 How to finish a macaron Brooch 63 Macaron Brooch Variations Cloth brooch variation Collage cloth 74 Conclusion 94 Part 3 How to enjoy brooches 75
