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Through creative improvisation, we’ll utilize basic mending techniques to artfully return our once-broken garments to new life.
We’ll learn about mending tools, materials, and the value of keeping something alive and in use- but we’ll also explore the emotional connections we make with our garments and the stories they connect us to. We’ll delve into the meditative aspects of handwork, the metaphors for relational repair to self and others, and the opportunities for personal expression. Together, we’ll bring these many threads together into something imperfect, yet whole.
Please bring 2-4 beloved garments in need of repair. If you have them, please bring your own scissors, snips, and needles that you like working with, and any special textile scraps, buttons, or threads that you wish to incorporate- however there will be supplies available to use up.
Some ideas of mends that would be a good fit for this class: jeans with holes in the knees, a knit sweater with a moth hole, wool socks with holes in the heels, a tee shirt with a rip, or a jacket with a torn pocket.
This class is open for sewers of all experience and levels. Beginners welcome!
Space is limited, pre-registration is required.
Workshop will be held at 210 Taylor street, unit #2, Port Townsend, Washington on Sunday June 28, 11a - 2p.
Through creative improvisation, we’ll utilize basic mending techniques to artfully return our once-broken garments to new life.
We’ll learn about mending tools, materials, and the value of keeping something alive and in use- but we’ll also explore the emotional connections we make with our garments and the stories they connect us to. We’ll delve into the meditative aspects of handwork, the metaphors for relational repair to self and others, and the opportunities for personal expression. Together, we’ll bring these many threads together into something imperfect, yet whole.
Please bring 2-4 beloved garments in need of repair. If you have them, please bring your own scissors, snips, and needles that you like working with, and any special textile scraps, buttons, or threads that you wish to incorporate- however there will be supplies available to use up.
Some ideas of mends that would be a good fit for this class: jeans with holes in the knees, a knit sweater with a moth hole, wool socks with holes in the heels, a tee shirt with a rip, or a jacket with a torn pocket.
This class is open for sewers of all experience and levels. Beginners welcome!
Space is limited, pre-registration is required.
Workshop will be held at 210 Taylor street, unit #2, Port Townsend, Washington on Sunday June 28, 11a - 2p.