The Repair Shop Tales & Make Do and Mend Handbook by Karen Farrington - 2 Book Set - Hardback & Paperback - Foreword by Jay Blades - Craft

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 Windrush era, each chapter turns a battered heirloom into a window onto a family's history. With a foreword by Jay Blades, the book blends social history with the emotional weight of reunion and repair, showing why the series has resonated with millions of viewers. Read together, the handbook and the tales collection offer both the "how" and the "why" of restoration: practical techniques paired with the human stories that make mending meaningful. It's a set that rewards browsing on the sofa as much as reachi