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Community event
Learn to mend your clothing using the traditional Japanese visible mending art of sashiko embroidery. Sashiko is an embroidery technique that stabilizes and reinforces mends in fabric while adding beautiful embellishment.
10:00 am
to
1:00 pm
This event is organized by Repair PDX. Check their website for the most up-to-date information.
Leaven Community House
5431 NE 20th Ave, Portland, OR 97211
The event will be in the basement room. Parking is in the lot off 20th and street parking.
In this small hands-on workshop, you'll learn how to create and add a sashiko patch to an item of clothing or fabric with a tear or hole. The instructor will talk about the history of Sashiko, how it is used today, and which mending situations are best suited to Sashiko. You will choose the Sashiko pattern stencil you wish to trace, and you will go home with thread and a needle (and fabric if desired) to finish your project with and/or start others at home.
No embroidery experience required.