Mending is a wonderful way to transform your well-worn garments and textiles. In these mending bar happy hours, Allison and I will be showing you how to visibly and invisibly mend/darn your favorite moth-damaged, torn, or distressed garments, homewares, and other textiles. You will be fusing fabrics together with stitch, so they become a new cloth! You can practice boro, sashiko, darning, & quilting techniques on a sampler first, or you can jump right in and start on the item you brought to repair.

Each student will receive an individual consultation on how best to mend one garment, considering fabric, fiber, thread, color, lines, techniques, and more. Students will leave the workshop with a stitching sampler (optional), mended garment (in-progress), and a basic understanding of mending. Basic sewing and stitching skills are required.

The Fibershed hosts this event. It will take place on the fourth Thursday of every month at the Fibershed Learning Center in Point Reyes Station, CA.

Materials provided:

• Embroidery & pearl cotton thread

• Extra fabric for patches

• Yarn for mending/darning knitted garments and textiles

• Needles of varying types and sizes. (Sashiko needles will be provided during class & available for purchase)

• Embroidery hoops (Only available for use during class)

• Darning & Mending Looms

• Other: Scissors, chalk pencils, rulers, fabric glue sticks

If you would like to purchase additional Materials from my shop before the class or would like me to bring items from my shop please email me at least two days prior to the event.

Sliding Scale Cost: $25, $35, $45

When: Monthly Mending Bar Happy Hours will be held Fourth Thursday of every month, 4-7p

Time Slots: We will have rolling arrival times. There will be an hour-long time slot at 4p, 5p, and 6p. Although we request that you arrive close to your timeslot, feel free to stay longer to work on your mending project.