The Repair Shop Tales & Make Do and Mend Handbook 2 Books Collection Set - Non Fiction - Mixed Format

Titles in This Set. The Repair Shop: A Make Do and Mend Handbook. The Repair Shop: Tales from the Workshop of Dreams. Details. Condition: New. Format: Mixed Format (1 Hardback, 1 Paperback). ISBN (Handbook): 9781785944604. ISBN (Tales): 9781785947667. Publisher: BBC Books (Ebury Publishing). Age Range: Adult / General Readership. Overview. Inspired by the nation's favourite Sunday-night television show, this two-book bundle brings together the practical wisdom and heartfelt storytelling of The Repair Shop. Readers get a hands-on restoration handbook alongside a moving collection of real-life object histories, both written by Karen Farrington with a foreword from Jay Blades. Together they capture everything fans love about the series: skilled craft, family memory, and the quiet joy of mending rather than discarding.. About the Book(s). The Repair Shop: A Make Do and Mend Handbook is a Sunday Times bestselling hardback companion that channels the craftspeople's expertise into approachable, step-by-step advice. It covers everyday fixes such as replenishing stuffing in a treasured teddy bear, lifting water marks from wooden furniture, and stopping leather from cracking, encouraging readers to treat repair as an achievable skill rather than a last resort. The Repair Shop: Tales from the Workshop of Dreams is the paperback companion, gathering the most affecting stories behind objects restored on screen. From a sequinned circus dress to a pump organ carried from Jamaica during the...