Visible Mending Virtual Workshop July 18
Visible Mending is a creative way to extend the life of clothing and household items while embellishing them for a unique look. We will cover woven mends with Speedweve style looms as well as decorative embroidery. After this class, you'll look at holes and stains as opportunities rather than tragedies!
Techniques will include:
- Woven mends using a Speedweve darning loom
- Mending with embroidery including reinforcing fabric through patching and using backstitch, split stitch, chain stitch, daisy stitch, French knots, and woven roses.
This workshop will take place on Zoom and registered students will receive the link two days in advance. Students will receive a handout as well as the slides shown during class, and will have the opportunity to ask questions during the workshop. The workshop will not be recorded and students do not have permission to record it themselves, but videos shown during class will be available to re-watch.
A Note on Pricing: There is a sliding scale for low-income makers, on the honor system.
Materials Needed: items to mend OR fabric for practicing, embroidery hoop, embroidery needle, embroidery floss, scissors, Speedweve style mending loom, fingering weight yarn or mending thread or sashiko thread. Optional: disappearing ink fabric marking pen
Teacher Background: I have worked in the yarn industry since 2002, as a yarn shop employee and later manager, teacher, pattern designer, and event host. I have been embroidering since I was six and weaving for over fifteen years, and have been practicing both invisible and visible mending since I was a teenager. Visible Mending has been a popular workshop for me at fiber festivals across the United States.
Cancellation Policy: If the organizer cancels for any reason, students will be offered a choice of rescheduling or receiving a full refund. If a student cancels before receiving the class handout (two days in advance) they will receive an 80% refund.
