LEARN THE ART OF VISIBLE MENDING

With Tricia Sharpe

What you will learn

Are your favourite garments becoming unwearable with holes and frays?

Are you keen to learn how to repair them rather than buy new ones?

We are all learning more about the resources required to make our clothes and the problems of ‘fast fashion’.

Give your garments a longer life and learn how to repair them using the Japanese art of visible mending: Sashiko.

You will then be able to use your new skills whenever required!

In session 1 we will use the kit to learn and practise sashiko technique. Don’t worry if you haven’t done much stitching; this will be the chance to get going.

For session 2 you can either bring along a mending project or you can use the fabric in the kit to make a small decorative piece. Tricia will give advice to help you achieve your choice.

What you need

All materials will be provided for the class - some small fabric materials, needles, pins and threads to work with and an information sheet.

DURATION

2 x 1.5 hour classes

DATE & TIME: Sunday 20th June & Sunday 27th June, 11-12.30pm

LOCATION: Stitch! 364 Green Lanes, Palmers Green, N13 5LX (entrance inside the Post Office)

Cost: £45

Please ensure you have read fully our terms and conditions

Health & Safety class guidelines in light of Covid:

If you have displayed any Covid symptoms in the last 14 days, are awaiting test results, are in quarantine or have come into contact with someone with Covid then please do not attend class. Let us know and we will hold your place on another future class. We request that you wear a face covering in our workshops as per government advice (unless you are exempt for health reasons). We will accommodate social distancing within the workshop which is a good workable space, distancing tables and seating to 1.5 metres between participants and having good ventilation within the room. Your teacher will also adhere to social distancing rules during the lesson. Strict cleaning procedures are taking place within the workshop before your class. Hand sanitiser will be available and we ask you clean hands before class. There will be no shared class equipment during the lesson, you will be allocated individually. We will update this advice regularly in line with government recommendations. Thank you for your patience and for bearing with us.