Mending as a form of care to the clothing that have held our bodies through thick and thin over the past years. Mending as care to ourselves. Mending as sustainability to our planet. Mending as radical act against capitalism.

This November, instead of buying new on Black Friday sales, let’s mend our old clothing to make new. Thank-You Mends Workshop welcomes all levels of sewers to the in-person table at Studio Two Three. Say thank you to your socks, your sweaters, and your jeans by learning mends to make them last even longer.

Learning Outcomes

-Darn Socks

-Reattach Buttons

-Patch Jeans, inside and out

-hem pants

-Darn holes in sweaters

-Learn basic knowledge of fiber content + cloth construction

Required Materials

-What you need to mend!

-Thread (& or embroidery floss) scissors

-Darning needle(s) or various sizes, embroidery hoop (or jar, glass, bowl + rubber band)

-Extra thread, needles, and jars will be provided ~~

The Introductory Thank-You Mending Workshop will be held office hours style at Studio Two Three from 6-7:30. This hour and a half time slot will be an open space for sewing circles of beginner instructions for mending. Menders can hop in and out, come as they please for casual mending time equipped with chill sewing-specific music and gab. Needles, thread, scissors, and jars will be provided. All you need is your clothing in need of mends! Please remember to wear a mask :)

HH Hiaasen is an interdisciplinary, nonbinary trans artist/designer whose work weaves between performance, text and textiles. They learned mending over the years from their grandmother, and queer elders in their life. They believe fiber puns make the world go round ~ so pun away !