Join this fun and inspiring course for just a session, a handful or all 6 weeks!

Learn all the essential skills you need to mend your clothes. You may find you love them even more than before…

Top quality materials and tools, tea coffee and biscuits included.

Fri 1st May: BORO & SASHIKO

The ancient Japanese tradition of preserving and using every last precious fibre to extend the life of clothes in a highly practical but very beautiful way. ‘Boro’ is the patching and ‘sashiko’ is the stitching (or “tiny stabs” in direct translation!)

Fri 8th May: EMBROIDERY

Not just the domain of Victorian dames and damsels, embroidery enables us to ‘draw and paint’ with needle and thread, reinforcing wear and attaching new fabric to beloved old textiles. We’ll cover a few of the essentials you need to get started, as well as tips and design transfer techniques.

Fri 15th May: APPLIQUE PATCH

We’ll make an embroidered felt moth patch from hand-painted eco wool/viscose felt, Appletons British wool and DMC embroidery floss. Once you’ve mastered the basics, you can make custom patches for all sorts of things - I have a vintage wool coat embroidered with 56 moth patches and counting…

Fri 22nd May: ENGLISH DARNING

This traditional woven darn technique is as effective on denim and woven fabrics as it is on knitwear, and can be tweaked to suit whatever you’re mending - no wonder it’s so popular!

Fri 29th May: REVERSE DARNING

Worked from the back through the purls of the knit, reverse darning is an incredibly strong technique that bonds your woven mend to the knitted basecloth right up to the area of damage, securing all the edges in the process. Super satisfying and ideal for mending areas that get heavy wear.

Fri 5th June: SWISS DARNING

Also known as Duplicate Stitch, this is the one to master if you want your knitwear repairs to be as IN-visible as possible. Even if you opt for neon however, it’s good to know because it enables you to replicate the journey of the original yarn through the knit, so your mend can move and stretch exactly as the knit it’s repairing (unlike woven mends).

Please email Anna directly to book: hello@lovemakerscafe.com

Pricing as follows:

1 class: £34

2 classes: £64

3 classes: £92

4 classes: £122

5 classes: £153

Full course (6 classes): £165