A hand written, illustrated guide to repairing your own clothes that provides a fun alternative to fast fashion!

Ever had to say goodbye to a favourite item of clothing because of a busted zipper, fallen hem, or gaping hole? Want to save money and the world by not buying new clothes all the time? Concerned about the labour practices of fast fashion? If so, learn to repair your clothes from this cheerful, illustrated guide.

Raleigh Briggs, author and illustrator of the bestselling Make Your Place (Microcosm, 2011), takes us on a mending journey through stocking your supplies, quick fixes, types of knots and stitches, buttons, mending seams, patching holes, darning holes, hemming, fixing zippers, waterproofing canvas, leather, and nylon, and so much more! Raleigh's style is simple, playful, friendly, fun, and builds your confidence.

You can do it!

Raleigh Briggs collects her zines, illustrations, and thoughts around what it is that makes a great DIY household--homemade cleaning solvents that aren't made from poison, herbs that will heal you, and how to setup a great garden. These tips and tricks fill in the gaps for those of us longing to live this lifestyle but lacking the necesary know-how.

This illustrated guide to using local plants for their medicinal properties, this guide includes tips on healing cuts, scrapes, burns, rashes, sunburns, gut problems, aches, pains, bug bites, bruises, bleeding, and parasites. It comes complete with instructions on how to build a first aid kit and a list of further reading resources.

From the Zine Archive and Publishing Project's series of DIY Academy workshops, we present to you - how to clean your house while avoiding gross and dangerous chemicals You might remember these tips as being highlights of Secret Mystery Love Shoes, but now that those are long gone, we bring them back, in all of their glory You get: a lesson about the value of DIY cleaning, basic ingredients, some sample cleaners, and various cleaners for various surfaces. What more could you ask for?