The co-owner of Piece O'Cake Designs, encouraging readers to make sewing by hand their next creative accomplishment, shows how to embrace the change to unwind and enjoy the process of creating quilt blocks from scratch.

"Mend, rethink, transform, recreate! Mending your favorite fabric items--from jeans to sweaters to sofa covers--becomes a true art form in Stylish Mending. In this book, mending guru Hikaru Noguchi shows you her entire range of valuable techniques--from embroidery and patching to darning and felting--that are just challenging enough for experienced menders. Noguchi's basic rules of mending are that the repair should suit the fabric and its user, and...