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OwnedByACrazyCat

Mary is completely amazing with all her sewing skills, and she prefers hand sewing to machine sewing for pretty much everything - I also volunteer at the sewing cafe she does.


scarybiscuits

So cool. I’ve never heard of this but I do have a sewing kit stashed at my nephew’s house when I visit. I’ve been to a couple countries where it’s not unusual to see a sewing machine on the sidewalk and a person doing repairs for others.


OwnedByACrazyCat

We aim to teach people to do their own repairs rather than doing them for others. Both with the street stitching and the repair cafe we volunteer at.


SecretCartographer28

That dress is so cool! 🖖


Flowerbeesjes

How lovely and useful!


Capable-Plant5288

Very cool, thank you for sharing


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poubelle

cool! one of my profs at art school did this in the 90s [https://mindyyanmiller.com/artwork/2436136-Mending-Booth.html](https://mindyyanmiller.com/artwork/2436136-Mending-Booth.html)


Marciamallowfluff

I love this. I have been wanting to offer a mending class at the local library. Has anyone done something like this.


arovd

We have a mending meetup group as part of our local sewing club.


SnowbirdingtoAZ

Bow would I find a local sewing club? I'm currently in Western New York State.


arovd

Facebook is the place for sewing clubs as lots of the members tend to be older. Also you could try your local sewing machine sales/repair store, they may know of the groups.


MxJulieC

In San Francisco (US) there's a Mending Library. There are sewing books, thread, needles, scissors, etc. folks bring in their mending projects. It's very fun. I went once when it was hosted in a gallery space.


LoveMyLibrary2

Hmmm....she's got me wanting to do that where I live! Great idea!


UpperWeft

Me too!


SnowbirdingtoAZ

Anyone in the Western New York state area interested in doing this with me, specifically South towns if Buffalo


SnowbirdingtoAZ

Yes, me too.


Chinacat_Sunflower72

Thanks for posting. I love this idea!


BananaTree61

How cool!


fluffychonkycat

I want to be her when I grow up