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Visible Mending is guaranteed to liven up your wardrobe!
Local mending enthusiast Elysha will guide you through the basics of garment repair. We’ll talk about buttons, zippers, and darning but the hands-on component will focus on learning basic stitches to create hand-stitched patching techniques. You’ll bring something to mend: anything with a knee, elbow, or other hole is a perfect candidate for a patch.
Participants will bring a garment in need of repair. All other supplies will be provided. All skill levels are welcome including complete beginners to the world of sewing and mending.
Meet the Instructor:
Elysha Schuhbauer is a textile artist and mender based in Kitchener, Ontario. Elysha explores visible mending as a way to forge a unique personal style while challenging fast fashion and finding value in everyday objects. Working with secondhand materials centres their unquenchable creative desires while maintaining an intentionally minimal environmental impact. Elysha is the founder of mending and upcycling business Worth Mending, which focuses on spreading the good word of sustainability, slow fashion, and skill-building through visible mending workshops and the popular upcycled Swift Darning Loom. Elysha is also a passionate cyclist and naturalist who enjoys exploring the outdoors in any season looking for interesting birds, bugs, plants, fungi, and geography.
Accessibility
If you require an accessibility accommodation for this program or event, please tell us how we can meet your needs as soon as possible so arrangements can be organized. If you require a sign language interpreter, please let us know at least two-weeks (10 working weekdays) before the program date.
If you are attending a registered program with a support person, please add your support worker as a guest when you sign up.
COST: Free
AGE GROUP: | Teens | Cambridge Art Galleries | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Programs + Workshops |
| Mon, Feb 02 | 9:30AM to 8:30PM |
| Tue, Feb 03 | 9:30AM to 8:30PM |
| Wed, Feb 04 | 9:30AM to 8:30PM |
| Thu, Feb 05 | 9:30AM to 8:30PM |
| Fri, Feb 06 | 9:30AM to 5:30PM |
| Sat, Feb 07 | 9:30AM to 5:30PM |
| Sun, Feb 08 | 1:00PM to 5:00PM |
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