Decorative Stitches For Mending

Day – Saturday

Date – 1st February

Time – 11 – 1pm

Venue – St Michael’s Mount Community Centre St Michaels Road Hitchin Herts SG4

Giving our clothes a longer life is very important to us. We all have garments in our wardrobe whether handmade or purchased that we love and feel sad if they get damaged or simply ware out in places. This mending workshop will give you the opportunity to get creative. Whether you prefer a more subtle approach or feel inspired to take visible mending to the next level. You will learn some decorative stitch techniques which you can use when mending or simply to give your much-loved pieces a new lease of life.

Born in Hitchin Harriet Saywood-Bellisario graduated from the London College of Fashion and went on to work at Paul Smith, Richard Nicoll and Label/Mix to name a few before curating her own women’s wear label Saywood Studios in 2020.  She produces beautiful wardrobe essentials creating modern and timeless pieces is made to be worn and re-worn. At the heart of her story is a desire to reconnect with the people and processes behind what we wear, and in doing so, press pause on throwaway fashion. Her collections are small, built on quality pieces with longevity in mind. We take a responsible approach, working with sustainable fabrics and UK makers. The upshot? Uniquely designed, thoughtfully made pieces you’ll want in your life, always.

As part of her job Harriet also teaches the art of mending. She says,”The art of mending doesn’t have to be about the perfect darning technique” Whether you want to go colourful and bold or subtle and tonal patchwork can be the perfect way to repair those favourite pieces or give them a new lease of life so you can re love them all over again.

In this workshop you will learn skills to support a circular fashion life cycle. you’ll learn decorative stitch techniques you can use to mend and embellish your clothes. You’ll be inspired to get creative to use patchwork to repair a favourite item or create a beautiful patch to apply later. You will learn how to build up fabric cuttings for a zero-waste approach and apply your decorative stitch techniques for embellishment or garment application. You’ll get even a bonus tutorial for a fun 3-D technique you can use.

The course includes 

• • Specialist experienced tutor
  • 2hr lesson
  • Course materials
  • Opportunity to relax with fellow stitch enthusiasts and make new friends
  • Inclusion in a WhatsApp group for support the duration of the course and afterward should you need us.
  • Ongoing membership of our community group – The Social Society WhatsApp group

• You will need a simple sewing kit to include embroidery scissors or snips and hand sewing needles
• We will provide all the materials you need for this workshop however if you have a garment you would like to mend or fabric which you would like to practise your mending on please bring that along.

• You will receive a confirmation email upon booking please ensure you have given us your telephone number. You will be added to a course WhatsApp group 1 week before the start of the course.
• Our classes are non-refundable so please make sure you’ve checked your diary carefully before booking
• Please read our FAQs and T’s & C’s before booking.
• Should you need to contact us before your course please email [email protected]

The course will be held at

St Michael’s Road Community Centre Hitchin SG4 0QA

The venue has a large spacious well managed space close to Hitchin train station. It has lots of free parking and excellent toilet and kitchen facilities.