Sustainable Sewing: Basic Mending

Join us for this 2-hour hands-on workshop, attendees will learn a few basics for how to repair garments using hand and sewing machine techniques. This session is great for first-timers and experienced menders who need help with a tricky mend.

This workshop will include: General materials and stitch techniques; How to reattach buttons (hand); Adjust Hemlines (hand & machine); Replace Zippers (machine); Stabilize Tears (hand and machine); Lots of time to ask questions and get 1-on-1 help.

Attendees should bring an item to work on in the workshop — almost anything that needs a repair can be considered. (We suggest saving your knit fabric mends for our darning workshop.) Feel free to bring extra buttons, thread/yarn, fabric scraps to use or share.

Kaelyn Garcia is a contract fashion and textile conservator and faculty in the Fashion Institute of Technology’s MA Program in Fashion and Textile Studies in New York City. She has worked as a fashion and textile designer and textile instructor, specializing in weaving, knitting, embroidery, and bobbin lace in New York for more than thirteen years. She holds an M.A. in Fashion and Textile Studies with a concentration in conservation from the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Amy Muckerman recently completed her MLIS and MA in Costume Studies from NYU and worked as a fashion designer for over 15 years. She started sewing at a young age and has substantial knowledge in hand and machine sewing, quilting, and embroidery.