3 Day Sewing Survival Skills DAY3

3 DAY SEWING SURVIVAL SKILLS Leaving home but not sure how to sew on a button or mend a jumper?  Come and learn some of the most useful mending skills you'll need.  Over 3 half days, Anna from the Love Makers Cafe joins forces with Share & Repair to teach you how in fun, practical and insightful sessions. You’ll cover the basics and build confidence, and then move on to a few techniques you’ll be able to use to mend your woven and knitted textiles (AKA: jeans and jumpers ;).  
All tools and materials provided.  
A survival kit containing all the tools you’ll need to keep mending for years to come is also available to purchase. 

Day1: 6 quick hacks to mend things on a tight budget: 

• Replacing buttons
• Fixing seams
• De-bobbling
• Copydex
• Quick patch - t-shirts & knitwear (back stitch& honeycomb)

Day2: Fix your jeans, impress your friends and save money (and the planet):

• Quick patch - running stitch
• Sashiko - adding a bit of Japanese 'wabi-sabi' style

Day 3: Voodoo magic: how to mend most knitted things: 

• Latch hook for ladders 
• Darning 101

Tea, coffee and cake will be provided, please email workshops@shareandrepair.org.uk if you have any dietary requirements.

1 Day ticket £40, 2 Day ticket £70, 3 Day ticket £100.

ABOUT ANNA:
Anna has loved making and mending things for as long as she can remember: figuring out saws and soldering irons at her dad's knee; then as a fine art and ceramics scholar, before life aboard her first houseboat whilst at university cemented her passion for practical creativity and working with her hands.
The Love Makers Cafe exists to celebrate making, mending, curiosity and community. Put simply, we believe in: IRL face-to-face friendship and community; using our hands; and all the feel-good stuff that those things bring.