Visible Mending Workshop with Mary Heath (16yo+)

VISIBLE MENDING WORKSHOP (16yo+)

Bring along a garment (or multiple) that need/s repair (eg. socks, shirt, jeans or jumper etc…). Mary will provide instruction on sewing/mending techniques guiding you through the process. Bring along some suitable yarn/fabric that you think would be suitable to use as a patch/thread maybe a few options if you have access to fabric and yarn scraps. Other class materials that you need are listed below.

You will learn the basic techniques using scrap fabric, until you are confident that you are ready to do some mending on a real project.

SKILLS REQUIRED

Basic hand sewing (you do not need to be an expert but having used a needle and thread before will be handy).

STUDENT TO BRING THESE MATERIALS

• Pointed sewing needles
• Cotton / Yarn / Silk darning thread fibre/colours to suit your taste
• Thimble, pincushion and any other sewing notions you like to use
• Some scrap fabric to practice on (can be denim, cotton, knitted/woven fabric etc..)
• Fabric to patch your garment (if it requires a patch eg. jeans) or Yarn to mend a jumper/shirt/socks.

NOTE: Suitable needles/thread will be available to purchase on the day if you do not have anything already.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 12:30pm to 3:30pm
Location:Skein Machine Yarn Store
3/276 Shepherds Hill Rd, Eden Hills, Adelaide, 5050

THE LESSON

You will learn some basic mending skills, practicing on scrap fabric, before tackling your own project with guidance and support from an experienced Instructor.

(MARY HEATH )

Mary has been mending since her mum taught her to darn a sock in primary school. She is usually wearing more than one mended garment. Together with friends, Mary has hosted #stitchitdontditchit and World Mend in Public Day in Adelaide. She is a regular host of the mending corner at South Australian Grassroots Ecosystem. She is a climate activist who believes that mending can be beautiful as well as practical; whimsical as well as functional. And that it has a role to play in mending relationships broken by fast fashion: with our own clothing; with earths ecosystems and with human rights.

(refreshments provided, please let us know in advance if you have any allergies or dietary requirements).

(NOTE: Courses are for 18yo+ unless otherwise specified, not all trainers are experienced/comfortable working with children. There are also government compliance checks WWCC required for trainers who do work with children, only trainers who have valid WWCC checks are permitted to teach children under the age of 18 years.).