Mend Assembly and I’ve popped by for a drop-in mending session that offers sewing guidance, tools, haberdashery and company, affectionately known as a ‘sewcial’.
A sense of possibility fills the air, as everyone – from complete beginners to accomplished amateurs – tackles their mending, variously sharing tips, chat and encouragement along the way.Mend Assembly opened last June as a ‘makerspace’ dedicated to keeping clothes out of landfill.
As well as the sewcials, it also offers mending and alteration services, swap shops and workshops on, for example, upcycling, pattern-cutting and visible mending.
It’s not alone. From Meddle & Mend at Paisley’s ReMode shop and Mendy Mondays at Stitched Up in Chorlton, Manchester, to Fast Fashion Therapy in London’s Brixton and Bethnal Green, the country is evidently in the midst of a clothing repair revolution.
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