Sewing 101 & Textile Mending

Join the Leon Levy Dental Library Medicine Library for a screen-free crafternoon with Mia D'Avanza, the Director of Fisher Fine Arts Library. Mia will teach the simple life skills of sewing and mending.

Mending is an empowering sustainable practice with a long history that can extend the life of your clothes, household goods, and more. This collaborative workshop is an opportunity to learn to mend your tattered textiles by hand, or to use skills you already possess but haven’t yet applied to an item needing repair.

Participants will share their skills to learn mending solutions from each other in an informal setting. All skill levels welcome, whether you have never threaded a needle before or are an expert at hand sewing.

Needles and thread will be provided. Please bring clothes that you would like to mend to this workshop.