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Visible Mending Workshops
Due to popular request, our Sashiko-Inspired Stitching workshop has moved to Saturday 16th January, 2–4pm—so if December’s date didn’t suit your calendar, you’ve now got a fresh chance to join us. Sometimes the best mends are the ones that take a little longer to plan. We still have spots available for: A journey into the art of textile…
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Sashiko-Inspired Stitching [workshop]
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Sashiko-Inspired Stitching – Strengthening Through Pattern Reinforce and embellish fabric with geometric patterns and repeated running stitches. Discover the meditative joy of Sashiko, where every stitch is a step toward resilience. Focus: A foundational method that uses repeated running stitches and geometric patterns to reinforce, repair and embellish fabric. Introduce Sashiko-inspired stitching as a mindful, decorative…
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Needle Felting [workshop]
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Needle Felting – Wool, Texture and Repair Add texture, colour, and strength to your textiles with wool fibres. Cover small holes or thin patches with tactile, felted designs. Focus: A tactile technique that uses wool fibres to add texture, colour and strength to textile art and repair projects. Introduce dry needle felting as a way to add colour, texture…
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Fabric Collage – Appliqué Possibilities [workshop]
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Fabric Collage – Appliqué Possibilities Layer, arrange, and secure fabric scraps to create decorative patches or textile art. Experiment with colour, texture, and storytelling through fabric. Focus: A flexible technique that combines creativity and repair, using layered fabrics to add colour, texture and meaning to mended or decorative pieces. Explore how fabric scraps, colour, texture and pattern can be combined to…
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Visible Mending Workshop
Visible Mending – Repair as Decoration Focus: A practical and artistic way to breathe new life into garments. Introduce visible mending as both a repair technique and a creative design choice. Discuss sustainability, slow fashion and the value of extending the life of well-loved clothing. Demonstrate basic hand stitches such as running stitch, whip stitch…
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Visible Mending Workshops
Stitch, Mend, Create: Visible Mending Workshops with Alison Morrell at WKURC A journey into the art of textile repair, creativity, and sustainability Join us at WKURC for a series of hands-on workshops where the humble stitch becomes a brushstroke, and every mend tells a story. Led by Alison Morrell, a seasoned textile artist and educator, these sessions…