Repair Shop
There’s no more certain way to reduce your impact on the environment than to reduce the amount of clothes you buy.
Do you have clothes that you’d like to wear again, but they’re stuck in the wardrobe because they need repairs? Send them over!
Visible mending can be used to repair holes and weak areas, or as a preventative reinforcement, to cover stains, or even just to jazz something up a bit.
You can direct how you would like your repair to look, choosing stitch types and thread colours, patch layouts or darning patterns, or you can have a surprise! If you have a special request, get in touch!
We are much less likely to throw our clothes away if we have mended them even just once. Our garment becomes more precious. Once we have invested time into repairing our clothes, we feel more attached.
And as repairs build up over time, the garment starts to tell its own story, starts to hold memories.
We all know that we cannot go on investing in fast fashion, engaging in this ‘buy-discard-buy-discard’ cycle, compromising on both quality and ethics. It isn’t cheaper if you need to replace clothing often.
Would you like to learn how to repair your own clothes?
Why not join an online workshop!
This fabulous 3 hour workshop is all about visible mending - and is suitable for all levels, even total beginners!
During this online class you will learn a variety of woven darning techniques, including the classic ‘plain weave’, as well as twill, plaids, hopsack, herringbone and even dogtooth!
Buying better quality (including second hand), and learning how to repair your clothing long term is a much more environmentally friendly and economic choice, plus, mending is a useful (once upon a time, essential) skill that we can pass on to the next generation. And its FUN!