A Stitch in Time – Clothes Mending Workshops

Learn basic hand sewing skills or decorative textile mending techniques to extend the life of clothing, with the guidance of local artisans.

Australians throw away an average of 300,000+ tonnes of clothing waste annually, contributing to the degradation of our environment and taking up unnecessary landfill space.

Knowing how to repair textiles using basic hand-sewing & decorative mending techniques can extend the useable life of textiles, reduce the need and our reliance on the consumption of ‘new’ items, and improve environmental outcomes.

About the Workshops

Develop the skills to breathe new life into worn-out clothing. Learn how to replace missing buttons and repair visible tears, hems, and seams at one of our ‘basic mending’ workshops.

Or, why not get creative at our ‘decorative mending’ workshops, where you can learn visible mending techniques such as embroidery, Japanese Sashiko, and appliqué to repair clothes in ways that make them completely unique to you!

Cost: Secure a ticket to your preferred workshop for just $10.

You will receive guidance and tuition from local textile artisans, along with all the materials necessary to complete the 2-hour workshop, so all you need to bring is your enthusiasm.

Where: St Marys Library 207-209 Queen Street, St Marys

When: These 2-hour workshops will be held on various dates and times throughout September and October.

Click on the button below to see the complete list of event dates and to purchase your ticket.

Purchase tickets

To ensure participants receive close care and guidance from the workshop tutor throughout the event, place availability is strictly limited to 12 people.

This project is a NSW Environment Protection Authority Waste and Sustainable Materials Strategy initiative, funded from the waste levy. Supported by Penrith City Council.