Mending & Upcycling
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Mending & Upcycling
Give your well-loved garments new life in this hands-on class all about mending with style! Learn a variety of creative techniques to repair, refresh, and upcycle your clothes — turning wear and tear into wearable art. We’ll explore fabric patching, visible mending, sashiko and boro stitching, embellishing using stick-on stencils, and more! Whether you're fixing a favorite pair of jeans or adding flair to a thrifted find, you'll leave with new skills, fresh inspiration, and a renewed appreciation for slow fashion.
No prior sewing experience needed! Just bring a needle & thread, and something to mend!
Meet the instructors!
Sarah has been with the Sue Spargo team since July 2021 and has been a fabulous addition to our web team! Her ambition, creativity and bubbly personality radiate through Sue Spargo newsletters and social media posts, photography for our website, and is even stitched into some of the samples in our retail shop. When Sarah is not working, she enjoys spending time with her three daughters, stitching, sewing, crochet and photography.
Erin is part of the Creative Web Team here at Sue Spargo's. As an artist and former art teacher, she loves working in a creative environment and always looks forward to producing our weekly Creative Classroom content. Outside of work, you'll find her painting, stitching, gardening, or supporting her two children in their sports and hobbies.
- Something to mend (denim, sweaters, socks with holes, plain hoodie, t-shirt, etc.)
- Fabric scraps for patches
- Presto sheer
- 50wt cotton thread
- Freezer paper
- Eleganza Perle Cotton or Sashiko thread
- Chalk pencil
- Hand stitching needles
- Sashiko stencil or washable mending transfers
- Bagged lunch
Cancellation fees reflect the cost of registration, staff, instructor contracts, material acquisitions, and other services. This policy applies to all registrants, regardless of the reason for canceling. We encourage you to take our cancellation policies into consideration before registering for classes.
If you need to cancel your registration, you have the following options:
Transfer:
Registrants who cancel their enrollment in a workshop held in our Ohio studio may make a one-time transfer to any other workshop held in our studio.
- Transfers may be made either in the current workshop season, or any workshop in the following year. Transfers must be made more than 15 days prior to the workshop, and are subject to a 5% cancellation fee.
Refund:
If you prefer not to transfer your workshop registration, the following fees apply:
- More than 30 days prior to the workshop, refund of your deposit minus a 20% cancellation fee.
- Less than 30 days prior to the workshop, no refunds will be issued.
Redirect:
Registrants are able to send someone in their place into the workshop for no additional fee. In this case, no refunds will be issued, payment arrangements are the responsibility of the original registrant if needed.