International Repair Day at the Slow Fashion Studio

Learn how to repair and care for your clothes. Meret and Lisa will show you an array of different techniques to revive your worn and broken items. We’ll do darning, patching and embroidery using reclaimed fabrics and yarns. Whether you want to go subtle, repairing almost invisibly or you want to go bold and make your repair a creative statement is completely up to you.

Zipper Clinic: As part of this mending session we’ll be hosting our Zipper clinic for the first time! Do you have an item with a dodgy zipper? Did you know that quite often zippers can be repaired by replacing a specific part of it rather than the whole thing? We’ll show you how to find out what’s wrong with your zipper, show you how to fix it or advise you on the best course of action.

Our mending sessions are suitable for all levels of experience. Please bring an item of clothing along that you’d like to repair.

This workshop is hosted by two local businesses: Meret runs Rethrindle CIC, a social enterprise facilitating affordable mending and sewing workshops and repair services to encourage sustainable clothing practices. With her brand Rebel Patch, Lisa challenges clothing waste by creating limited edition art patches in collaboration with local artists to repair, upcycle and customise your clothes. Together they run the Slow Fashion Studio in Sparks.