Sew Far Sew Good

Join us as we learn about ways to mend and repair our clothes, toys and accessories. These workshops are for beginners, and we’ll begin on Tuesday 31st October. This series of workshops is completely free, fill out an application form below to apply for a free space. We’ll be back in touch as soon as we can.

Funded by Levenseat Recycling services, this series of 8 workshops is entirely free. We want to empower local people to reduce their waste by learning how to mend and repair their clothes, toys and accessories. This workshop is for beginners only, with little or no experience and we’ll learn basic sewing and mending techniques together.

What we’ll be learning

WEEK 1: BASIC HAND SEWING STITCHES
WEEK 2: BASIC MENDING TECHNIQUES
WEEK 3: PATCHES & VISIBLE MENDING
WEEK 4: BASIC ALTERATIONS (HEMS...)
WEEK 5: MAKING AN UPCYCLED TOTE BAG
WEEK 6: INTRO TO USING PATTERNS
WEEK 7: USING A SIMPLE PATTERN
WEEK 8: CUSTOMISING CLOTHES & ACCESSORIES

We’re delighted to say that our first series of workshops is now full! If you’d like to be added to our waiting list for future workshops, please fill out the form below.

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What would you like to learn?

Tell us a wee bit about your interest in learning mending and repair techniques

Have you sewn before? Or used other mending techniques?

We're eager for this series of workshops to be for beginners or people with no experience at all.

Do you have experience or a skill that you would like to share and teach?

Tell us a bit more about it here.

Adaptations

Please le us know if we can make any adaptations to make it easier for you to join us.

Any other comments

Let us know if you have any other comments or feedback. This could be about the proposed content or days and times of the workshops, or anything else you feel would be relevant.