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Visible Mending Workshop Series

4 September @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

$5.00

🪡 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

đź•™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

Organiser

Western Metropolitan Regional Council
Phone
9384 6711
Email
community@wmrc.wa.gov.au
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Venue

Evelyn H Parker Library
237 Rokeby Road
Subiaco, Western Australia 6008 Australia
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