Repair Café

Inspiration to repair and mend.

Repair Café 29 June from 11-2:00 pm at Ferndale Hall, New Plymouth.

Updated May 22, 2025
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Make, sew and mend : traditional techniques to sustainably maintain and refashion your clothes
Banner, Bernadette
Paper Book
Learn the Historically Proven Stitches Every Seamster Needs with Beloved Historical Fashion YouTuber Bernadette Banner Whether you are just getting started with sustainable fashion and need to alter your new secondhand finds, or you want an introduction to sewing techniques for making your own...
Mend It, Wear It, Love It!: Stitch Your Way to a Sustainable Wardrobe
Edwards, Zoe
Paper Book
A practical tool kit for mending and upcycling your wardrobe. It's "sew" simple to give your wardrobe an eco-chic edge! With fast fixes and clever techniques, this accessible, fully illustrated sewing book has everything you need to mend, customize and care for your clothes. ...
Mend! : a refashioning manual and manifesto
Sekules, Kate
Paper Book
Sharp and incredibly timely, Mend! is a push for a slow fashion revolution in which we stop to think critically about what we buy, where it comes from, who makes it, and what it is doing to the environment, and is simultaneously a fun, crafty manual that will inspire readers to roll up their...
Mending matters : stitch, patch, and repair your favorite denim & more
Rodabaugh, Katrina
Paper Book
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...
Rescue, restore, redecorate : Amy Howard's guide to refinishing furniture and accessories
Howard, Amy
Paper Book
Whether you dream of restoring an heirloom to its former beauty, or just want to modernize a flea market treasure, Amy Howard has the design and refinishing secrets you need. Here are all the furniture finishing recipes, techniques, and tips that have made Howard's beloved classes sold-out success...

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