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Offered:

Thursday, September 4th
FULL / CLOSED

Friday, September 5th
FULL / CLOSED

Experience level: all levels

In this lovely workshop with textile artist Rosa Chang, you will be provided with a number of opportunities to explore the rich resources of old garments:

• either you will be mending what was,
• or deconstructing the piece and stitching it into something altogether new.
• Of course, if time permits, you might dabble a bit in both options.

Rosa will be sharing her love of Bojagi (traditional Korean patchwork) and Japanese sashiko both of which nurture the fundamental meditative nature of slow stitching.

After demonstrating and providing samples of different mending processes, students will begin by either taking apart a piece of clothing and working with the elements from that deconstruction or, settling in to repair a beloved object of clothing. There will be ample room for personal approaches to make each piece unique.

Another plus of this class is that students will have access to some sumptuous indigo dyed fabrics and thread made in Rosa’s beautiful studio.

All along the way Rosa will provide hands-on instruction and make suggestions about the different mending options available for any given situation such as the differences in healing big holes versus small holes, for example.

This course is also open to any artistic or meditative stitching approaches during the session.

Kit fee: 25 USD

Materials:

KIT will include:

• several prints of sashiko patterns
• two sashiko needles
• basic cotton threads
• and assorted small fabric scraps, including Korean ramies.

Students need to bring

• small scissors
• old garment
• and fabric scraps they want to work with

Optional: sewing kit with personal preferences for additional thread, needles, thimble, etc