Make It Last: Sustainable & Affordable Guide to Preserving Clothes, Food & Home
- Price
- $9.95
If you've ever wanted to fix a torn seam, preserve a bumper crop of tomatoes, or stop a dripping kitchen tap — this is the book for you. Make It Last by Raleigh Briggs is a practical, hand-illustrated guide to living more sustainably without spending more money. It's a thoughtful gift for anyone ready to push back against throwaway culture and reconnect with the skills that actually matter.
✨ What's Inside
- 🧵 Clothing Repair: Learn to mend, patch, and extend the life of the garments you love — no fancy sewing machine required.
- 🫙 Food Preservation: Practical techniques for preserving home-grown and seasonal food so nothing goes to waste.
- 🔧 Home Repairs: Beginner-friendly fixes for everyday household problems, including your kitchen sink.
- ✍️ Hand-Lettered & Illustrated: Every page is drawn by hand, making it as lovely to look at as it is useful.
- 💬 Conversational Tone: Written like advice from a knowledgeable friend — warm, clear, and never condescending.
- 📐 Compact Size: At 5.5 x 7 x 0.5 inches and 128 pages, it fits in a bag, on a shelf, or inside a gift box with ease.
💚 Why You'll Love It
- 🌱 Live more sustainably: Cut down on waste by keeping the things you own in use longer.
- 💰 Save real money: Repairing and preserving costs far less than replacing — and the skills stay with you for life.
- 🎁 A gift worth giving: Meaningful and genuinely useful, it's a great choice for eco-conscious friends, new homeowners, or anyone curious about the DIY lifestyle.
- 🏡 Rooted in community: Raleigh Briggs brings years of DIY community-building to every page, sharing skills that have real, lasting value.
- 🇺🇸 Made in the USA: Published by Portland, Oregon's own Microcosm Publishing — proudly local and independent.
📖 About the Author
Raleigh Briggs is a writer, illustrator, and long-time advocate for the DIY movement. The Utne Reader called her work "a forceful antidote to the cheapening of thrift culture: a meticulously hand-lettered, pint-size volume." Her approach is grounded, community-focused, and genuinely empowering.
📦 Product Specifications
- Dimensions: 5.5 x 7 x 0.5 inches
- Pages: 128
- Format: Illustrated paperback
- Publisher: Microcosm Publishing
- Made in: USA
Ready to repair, preserve, and make things last? Add Make It Last to your cart today — for yourself or someone who deserves a genuinely useful, beautifully made book.
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- Impact: For every order we offset 7kgs of CO2 and rescue 2 plastic bottles from the Ocean. Check our impact here
Environmental Impact
Our efforts to reduce our CO2 emissions generated by the sending of your orders mean that today Clozist is Carbon Positive on its shipments.
With the help of Greenspark we voluntarily offset 7kg of CO2 and remove 2 plastic bottles from the oceans with each order at no extra cost to you.
Why 7kgs (15.43 lb)?
We took the average Carbon Emission of a 2lb package ground sent from NYC to LA and multiply that number by 4.
Why 2 bottles?
Millions of plastic bottles pollute our oceans every year, two standard bottles are a daily recommended water intake. We're committed to cleaning them up.
About Microcosm Publishing
Microcosm Publishing: Inspiring Change, One Book at a Time
Microcosm is an independent publisher and distributor based in Portland, OR and Cleveland, OH, dedicated to empowering readers through knowledge and action. We offer a unique catalog of books and zines focused on DIY skills, social justice, food, bicycling, gender, and self-care.
With a commitment to challenging conventional publishing norms, we prioritize marginalized voices and sustainable practices. From our humble beginnings in a bedroom closet to becoming a Publishers Weekly Fastest Growing Publisher, Microcosm remains dedicated to fostering a more equitable and just world through the power of words.
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