Queer Threads: Mending 101

Transformer

A live demonstration led by Sew Queer DC on how to fix some of the most common clothing snafus such as resewing buttons and hems.

“Mending 101”, led by Sew Queer DC’s creator Molly Stratton and fellow mender Kat Brenowitz, will be a live skill-share event on how to fix some of the most common clothing snafus. The duo will talk about re-sewing buttons, patching, hemming and de-mystifying zippers. Using a combo of lecture and live demos, this “Mending 101” class will teach you everything you need to know to get started creating your own sewing kit and DIY-ing your own mends.Mending 101 is part of the public programming for Queer Threads: CURIOUS SPACES - an exhibition collaboration exploring how artists are remixing fiber and textile traditions to explore contemporary LGBTQ+ identities and ideas. Organized by Transformer and Queer Threads curator John Chaich, the exhibition features solo artist installations by emerging queer artists Zoe Schlacter at Transformer and André Terrel Jackson at The Corner at Whitman-Walker. Additional online programming is presented in partnership with guest artists, The George Washington University Museum &amp; The Textile Museum, and American University’s Fine Art Department &amp; The American University Museum.

Sew Queer is a series of beginner-friendly, queer-friendly sewing classes. We strive to smash the binary ideas that hold sewists back by offering classes for all kinds of bodies and all kinds of genders of clothing. We also hope to put tools in the hands of queers who want to DIY their own clothes to better fit their gender.Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sewqueerInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sewqueerdc/Substack: https://sewqueerdc.substack.com/

Molly Stratton is the founder of Sew Queer DC. Molly learned to sew from his grandmother and has delighted in turning his skills towards queerer and queerer projects ever since.

K.S. Brenowitz (aka Kat) is a comic artist and illustrator, with an obsessive love of robots, aliens, and ink. With that same devotion applied to their clothing, Kat refuses to toss anything out that can have its life extended a la Frankenstein - and hence got good at hand sewing in the process. Combining hand-painted patches with Victorian-styled vests and ties, Kat is very much of the notion that clothing should fit you, not you the clothing!

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