We had 14 people along for our visible mending workshop with local textile artist Serene on Saturday.

Serene provided introduction kits, lots of gorgeous samples and real life inspiration for patching and darning across a variety of fabrics, basic information on needles and thread (the tools of the trade), practical help with particular projects and also directed participants to great resources such as books from the library for further ideas and skill development.

It is just wonderful that so many people in our community are interested in learning and exploring new skills that help keep items out of hard rubbish.

A few people who booked in have let us know that they won’t be able to make it to the Visible Mending Workshop.

It is running on Saturday 26th of February from 10am-1pm here at our centre.

Which means we have some last minute places available for anyone who might have missed out on booking.

If that is you then click here and grab yourself a spot!

Do you have some chairs with wobbly legs, a bookshelf that needs a sand, a coffee table that needs revitalising or garden furniture with a screw or two missing?

Don’t throw them out. Come along and fix them instead.

Our Furniture Repair workshop on Saturday 5 March from 10am-1pm is an opportunity to give your beloved but tired timber items a new lease of life.

This workshop is supported by a Sustainability Victoria grant via City of Yarra - to encourage us all to minimise our hard rubbish waste.

It costs only $15 to access our shed and equipment and Maylei’s practical expertise for 3 hours.

So if you have a project in your shed that you haven’t quite got to or are unsure how to tackle just book in here and bring it along to our shed and we’ll help you fix it!

Join Maylei in the shed for a weekend workshop on Saturday 12 March and explore the slow art of wood carving … take home your very own handmade wooden spoon at the end.

Keen? You can book in to this workshop via eventbrite here.

In partnership with Yarra Council we are hosting a visible mending workshop at the end of February to explore ways to encourage our community (us!) to reuse and recycle and keep items out of hard rubbish.

If you have jeans 👖 with a hole or a favourite shirt 👚 with a tear, or a dress 👗 or shorts 🩳 that need a stitch or two don’t throw them out … just come along and learn a range of techniques to fix them (and even embellish them at the same time) instead.

Local textile artist Serene who will be running the workshop has been making some samples over summer of stitches and techniques (you can follow her on Instagram at The Craft Report.)

To book into this workshop just click here. Visible mending costs $15 and runs from 10am-1pm on Saturday 26 February.