🪡 Join Olga and her team from Studio Thimbles to learn how to use visible mending to fix and revive your items! 🧵 This 2-part workshop series is designed to teach you some practical mending skills and encourage you to get creative and personalise your clothing 👕.

Over the two workshops, you will be covering:

Fundamental skills for hand sewing such as setting up the needle, tying proper knots and how to start & finish your stitching
Various hand-stitching methods that are essential for mending
How to do embroidery stitching to add decorative elements to the mending process
Elements of Sashiko stitching, a traditional Japanese technique that is popular in the world of visible mending

❗ Please note that this is a 2-part workshop, and you will need to attend both 2-hour workshops over the two weeks ❗

Details:

📅 Date: Wednesday 4th September & Wednesday 11th September

🕙Time: 5pm - 7pm

🏠 Address: Subiaco Library located at 237 Rokeby Rd, Subiaco

🚗Parking: Street parking is available. Alternatively, the library is only a short walk from the Subiaco train station.

💰 Cost: $5

This event is part of WMRC’s (Re)Love Your Stuff campaign and is supported by the Government of Western Australia and the Waste Authority. Find more textile-themed events on the (Re)Love Your Stuff webpage and WMRC Humanitix page.

This event is suitable for 18+ years.

Member council tickets are available to residents from Claremont, Cottesloe, Mosman Park, Peppermint Grove & Subiaco. General admission tickets are available for Cambridge, Nedlands and residents from other councils.

Tickets are limited and non-refundable. If the ticket cost is a barrier to coming to this event please call on 9384 6711 and we are happy to assist.

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