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In a culture that has us labeled as consumers and focused on buying, mending is almost considered a form of counter-culture activism.
Resiliency is fostered in small acts of doing things ourselves. Mending clothes is a beginning...A place to get our hands moving, to build confidence, to show care for ourselves, and our clothes as we repair.
“When you walk through the world with a mend on your clothes, you should feel incredibly proud of your ingenuity and resiliency. You are wearing your gratitude, your convictions. You are healing in a small but very big way. It is beautiful."
~Nina & Sonya from a Mending Life.
COVID has been slowing me down. COVID has slowed so many things down. And in the moments of quiet slowness, I have been mending. It is repetitive. It is calming and meditative. It is slow.
Mending takes a lot of time. And when you are done and you wear your lovingly mended object, it is likely to rip again. Mending really is an ongoing act of repair. A reminder that it takes time to mend and make. It is also a reminder that it is a journey, a path, rather than a destination.
There are two books that I have found inspirational and informative as I dig into mending. One was gifted- Mend & Patch by Kerstin Neumeuller. And one was bought- Mending Life: A handbook for Repairing Clothes and Hearts by Nina and Sonya Montenegro.
I originally bought Far Wood’s mending zine. The little zine is great. It is packed full of informative and easy to access tips. When their book came out last year, I got super excited to buy it. While the book stays at home, the zine is currently being passed around between friends, encouraging others to mend and mend again.
Resiliency is fostered in small acts of doing things ourselves. Mending clothes is a beginning...A place to get our hands moving, to build confidence, to show care for ourselves, and our clothes as we repair.
“When you walk through the world with a mend on your clothes, you should feel incredibly proud of your ingenuity and resiliency. You are wearing your gratitude, your convictions. You are healing in a small but very big way. It is beautiful."
~Nina & Sonya from a Mending Life.
COVID has been slowing me down. COVID has slowed so many things down. And in the moments of quiet slowness, I have been mending. It is repetitive. It is calming and meditative. It is slow.
Mending takes a lot of time. And when you are done and you wear your lovingly mended object, it is likely to rip again. Mending really is an ongoing act of repair. A reminder that it takes time to mend and make. It is also a reminder that it is a journey, a path, rather than a destination.
There are two books that I have found inspirational and informative as I dig into mending. One was gifted- Mend & Patch by Kerstin Neumeuller. And one was bought- Mending Life: A handbook for Repairing Clothes and Hearts by Nina and Sonya Montenegro.
I originally bought Far Wood’s mending zine. The little zine is great. It is packed full of informative and easy to access tips. When their book came out last year, I got super excited to buy it. While the book stays at home, the zine is currently being passed around between friends, encouraging others to mend and mend again.
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