Sunday January 19th 2pm-4:30pm

In this 2.5 hour workshop, we will learn the basics of visible clothing repair and practice slowing down in a gentle and fun container. As we seek to build a more sustainable world, taking care of our ripped and torn clothing can be an important and empowering step in shifting our relationship to what we already have. And visible mending is the process of not only fixing the hole but weaving beautiful colors and patterns into the repair. Together, we will learn and practice from the very beginning- from threading the needle to learning a few basic stitches, and then will put it all together in a practice mend. Participants are invited to bring an item in need of repair, and we will spend the second half of class putting what we learned to good use.

Maggie Ruth Haaland (she/they) is a queer mender, natural dyer, herbalist, and foot bath devotee. They came to all of these practices via the world of plants, and wanting to find more ways of incorporating their healing and magical properties into our everyday lives. As someone who has moved with chronic illness throughout her adult life, she has  come to find the value and necessity of slowing down and tending within, to being with what’s right here and offering repair. Maggie believes in softness, rest, and vulnerability and cultivating these things in community.