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i'm convinced this substack post will get you to embroider something
ft. a love story and some practical guides and tips
 • Danielle Urban
5 summer upcycling ideas from my closet to yours
I keep starting on posts much before I finish them and feel the need to add in a note from ~current~ danielle.
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I went to a design museum and it's got me thinking about textile waste policy
In April I went to Copenhagen and like any urbanist/normal person/american it had me walking (and biking) around feeling hopeful and frustrated at the…
 • Danielle Urban
How to host a mending circle
+ Everyone I know of that's already running one!
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The mending series 03: Machine darning
If you know bikers save this for the inevitable crotch blowout
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To buy or not to buy?
It’s personal & it’s political
 • Danielle Urban
My 2025 Making + Mending Goals
And my new low-stakes method that’s helping me stay on track
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Front Porch Threads
Front Porch Threads
A monthly newsletter featuring mending tutorials, as well as musings about upcycling clothes and my own relationship to fashion and consumption and under capitalism.
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