Mini-Series: Three 3-Hour Workshops

Date: Thursdays, May 13, 20, and 27

Time: 6pm-9pm

Description: Mending is both a creative process and a practical way to breathe new life into garments that are worn and well-loved. It’s simple. It’s creative. And, it’s fun. In this series you will learn basic and advanced stitching techniques to mend holes, rips, worn areas or split seams in a variety of garments. You will learn a range of traditional sewing stitches to repair your well-loved sweaters, pants, and any other garments ready for a new lease on life. You will create a sampler of different mending stitches and examples of darning and patching and you will mend and even embellish your own worn, stained, and well-loved garments. We will examine both visible and invisible mending options. After the course you will be equipped to discern and accomplish the best method for mending your garments.

Tuition: $140 + $15 materials fee

Materials: Participants will bring 2-3 well-loved and worn garments for mending. All other materials will be provided.

Location: Contemporary Craft – Timmons Studios (5688 Butler St., Pittsburgh, PA 15201)

Cancellations and Refunds: Workshop cancellations are decided three business days before the start date. If workshops must be cancelled due to insufficient enrollment, the entire class fee will be refunded by check, to your credit card, or Contemporary Craft account for future workshops.

Refund Policy: Student refund requests must be made at least three business days before a class begins. There will be a $25 cancellation fee. No refunds will be given without three-business days notice. Processing of refunds takes approximately three weeks.

If you require accessibility accommodations, please let us know by calling 412.261.7003 and we are happy to assist you.

About the artist

For Sam Milford, creating art is a spiritual process where she explores the aesthetic dimension of human communication through reflection and discovery. Themes addressed in her art are often intensely intimate, humorous, and anecdotal, exploring ways in which texture, color and form comprise a language to express and evoke emotion about life, joy, change, surprise, or tell a story. She is committed to recycling and reusing materials and sustainable resources. She has been a member of the Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh for almost 25 years and has explored a range of fiber techniques and applications. Her work has been exhibited and won awards in local, regional and international shows and she has a piece in the Permanent Collection of the State Museum of Pennsylvania.