Mending 101 Workshop

Join Creative Reuse and Guest Artist Natalie to learn some introductory mending techniques!

Come learn different strategies to mend garments! I will provide hands-on instruction in patches, darns, and seam repair to preserve and maintain clothing and other fabric items. Please bring a garment, quilt, or other cloth item in need of mending. If you don't have any, you can still come and learn. *Patches are better suited for beginners and darning (i.e. to repair a hole in a sock or a sweater) is a more advanced skill!

To support our mission of providing unique, earth friendly art programming we ask that you pay what you can (PWYC) for this workshop. Our PWYC model is not meant to create a cost barrier, but allow for those with the financial means to support us to do so. We trust in each individual participant's autonomy and ability to decide for themselves how much they can financially contribute to this workshop!

Folks can make a payment through Eventbrite, or in person at the workshop itself! We will have a cash jar and a QR code for folks to pay via PayPal.

Creative Reuse is a supportive space, open to folks with any level of artistic ability. Our goal is to foster expression and creative community, not perfection. Just bring an open mind– we’ll cover the rest (including materials!).

This workshop is a part of our Guest Teaching Artist workshop series! On the second sunday of each month we bring in a local artist to host a workshop sharing their specialty. This months' Guest TA is Natalie Curtiss (she/her). Here's a bit about her:

"I'm Natalie. I'm a quilter, mender, and occasional bicycle mechanic living in the east end. I use recycled & reused cloth for most of my projects and I love the creativity that comes with using whatever is available to fix things."