Fix Your Clothes: Hand Sewing for Total Beginners
Colorful thread pins and scissors with measuring tape by Marco Verch is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
In the novel Brave New World, the government claims that “ending is better than mending,” but you’re too smart for those lies!
In this class, you’ll fight the forces of fast fashion by learning how to attach a button, darn a hole, and other basic hand sewing techniques to make your clothes last longer. Come save both your wallet and the environment, no sewing machine needed.
We will provide materials, but feel free to bring your own if there is an item on which you’d like mending advice.
Location
George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum
701 21st St. NW
Washington,
DC
20052
Neighborhood: Foggy Bottom
Past event
Instructor
Meg Hathaway is an environmental policy manager by day and hobby dabbler by night who also happens to be the daughter of a professional costume designer, which meant she grew up wearing incredibly badass Halloween costumes. Meg sadly never took to sewing as much as her mom, but picked up some quick and dirty mending tricks to repair her clothing and save stuff from the trash. By teaching mending basics, she hopes to empower others to reclaim the joy of fixing things and reduce their environmental impact.