Saturday 26 October 2024, Patch Mending with Paola Pellino of La Guardarobiera

Workshop:
26 October: 14:00 - 17:00 BST (British Summer Time) 

Online workshop, hosted on Zoom by Paola Pellino

Mending is an excellent way to preserve and extend the life of our garments. But it is not only that. Mending is also a matter of caring, feeling at peace, slowing down with some good music, and letting your thoughts flow. Teaching this workshop is Paola Pellino, who lives in Italy and works as a professional repair specialist and tutor. She is a passionate mender teaching online and face-to-face classes. After working in the fashion industry as a buyer for many years, Paola shares her love and expertise in preserving and mending textiles and clothing.

This event will consist of free access to the Meet the Maker talk with Paola Pellino on her craft of mending, followed by a workshop. If you are unable to attend the online talk on Wednesday 22 May 2024, the talk will be recorded and made available to you after the event. Please allow 7 working days for us to send you the recording.

Outline of the workshop
The class will show you how to repair woven fabrics like linen, cotton, hemp and denim, using basic stitches and patching to create beautiful patterns. You will work on a sampler found in the material pack, and then continue with patching on a garment. Participants are invited to bring a woven fabric garment they want to repair. 
Techniques will focus on hand-stitching, and you will leave the session with various resources for patching, finding their style and a mended garment (or one in progress)
 
Level of experience
The workshop is suitable for all levels.

Materials
A material pack will be sent to participants before the workshop:

• One piece of linen or hemp cloth as a sampler
• One skein of perlé cotton thread 
• One skein of embroidery cotton thread
• One skein of embroidery mouliné cotton thread 
• Three embroidery needles
• One needle threader 
• Some fabric scraps for patching 

In addition, participants will need to provide:

• A garment made of linen, cotton, hemp, denim, or household textiles like tea towels, tablecloths, dishcloths, napkins, etc.
• Fabric scraps of the same (or similar) fibre and weight as the item or textile to be mended. Please bring more than one scrap. Any scraps from disused garments will do. 
• Fabric scissors, small embroidery scissors, fabric pencil or marking tool, straight pins. 
• Sewing all-purpose thread in contrasting colours to the item or textile.
• Optional tools like pinking shears, iron, ironing board, ruler, notebook, pen, and beeswax (a candle or a piece of dry soap will do).

 
Workshop recording:
The workshop will be recorded and the recording will be shared with you after the workshop. Please allow 7 working days for us to send you the recording.

Please note: material packs are shipped on an insured, trackable delivery service. Any customs duties, delays, lost and or undeliverable packages are the responsibility of the customer. Once a material pack leaves the workshop tutors' hands with a tracking number, the seller has no further obligation to the buyers.

Workshop Cancellation Policy
All places reserved for workshops are non-refundable, however, if you let us know you are not able to make a workshop you have booked at least two weeks before the event, we will offer a credit note.

If you require additional information about this workshop please contact events@selvedge.org.