The heart of this online retreat explores the unique and nourishing ways we mend our beloved belongings and engage in the art of play.

Mending encourages us to repair rather than give away and invites our hands to weave stories into what we already own. A well-worn garment hints at how we move through a day, a year, a season of our life, and beckons us to embrace these moments through thoughtful, and often playful, means of mending something we love. We mend as an act of restoring and to add a personal unique mark, healing not only a physical item but our hearts too, sometimes without even knowing it. From different parts of the world, Hikaru Noguchi, Lora Avedian, and the Far Woods sisters Nina and Sonya Montenegro, will share their favorite facets of mending. We’ll darn our socks, extend the life of our clothes by using decorative embroidered motifs to cover up stains or rips, and carve a stamp to print on a patch that can be used for all kinds of repair. We’ll have options to mend for real or create a sampler, depending on the items brought to class and each individual’s comfort level.

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