Join us at the beautiful Fibershed Learning Center on Black Mountain Ranch near Point Reyes Station, CA, where you will learn how to mend both woven and knitted garments using a variety of stitches and techniques.

Our samplers will be created using naturally dyed fabric and thread. For the woven textile portion, you will make a sampler that will be transformed into a mending pouch to keep supplies in. For the knitted portion, you will create a sampler on a machine-knit piece of fabric similar to the weight of a sock or lightweight sweater.

In this class, you will learn: 

• How to assess damage

• Best practices to preserve the fabric without causing more damage

• How to make a patchwork

• How to use a palm thimble

• A variety of stitches: running, blanket, whip, basting, lacing, eyelet, tambourine, honeycomb and back stitch. Depending on the time, there are additional stitches.

• How to properly sew on a button

• Using a speed-weave loom, darning egg, and embroidery hoop

• Different approaches to fixing sweaters and other knit garments

• How to take care of your favorite garments and extend their life

Materials included:

• Fabric swatches, thread and yarn — both cellulose and protein fibers

• A pdf with the information we go over in class

• A pattern for a Japanese knot bag

Please bring:

• Personal snacks, lunch and beverages (a selection of teas will be served)

• One to two garments or textiles — Heidi and Allison will advise you on how to mend/darn your garment/textile.

SPECIAL DISCOUNT: Those who enroll in Natural Dyes with Heidi Iverson & Allison Reilly will receive a $40 discount code that can be applied to the cost of this Mending Techniques workshop.

If you would like to purchase additional Materials from my shop before the class or would like me to bring items from my shop please email me at least two days prior to the event.

Join us at the beautiful Fibershed Learning Center on Black Mountain Ranch near Point Reyes Station, CA, where we will create a dynamic natural color story with 5-7 natural dyes from plants that are easily sourced/foraged from our local landscape.

Also included will be cochineal, a historically significant dye extracted from an insect that lives on Opuntia cacti. Although cochineal is not generally found in our landscape (though it has reportedly been found in Oakland), it’s such a bright, beautiful color that feels so much like summer, the instructors wanted to include it.

In this class, you will learn: 

• How to mordant both protein and cellulose fibers.

• How to create color from leaves, bark, and flowers

• Ethical harvesting and processing of different plants

• Seasonal plants and the colors they make

• How to modify colors to create a wider color palette 

• How to dye with substantive, tannin-rich plants that don’t require the use of mordants

Special note: Some of the dye vats will already be made because they require more than one day to extract color. 

Materials included: fabric swatches, thread and yarn — both cellulose and protein fibers

Please bring: personal snacks, lunch and beverages (a selection of teas will be served). Also bring containers to hold any wet fabric or fiber that isn’t dry by the end of the workshop.

Optional: Bring your own fabric, thread, and/or yarn to dye. Fabric pieces should be no larger than 18” x 18.” You may dye your fabric, thread, and/or yarn once everyone has dyed their class materials. You are welcome to bring containers to take home leftover dye, if available.

SPECIAL DISCOUNT: When you enroll in this workshop, you will receive a $40 discount code that can be applied to the cost of the workshop Mending Techniques with Heidi Iverson & Allison Reilly on July 16th.

In partnership with FiberShed, breathe new life into your favorite textiles with.

If a new garment is kept for nine months longer than the typical use cycle, it reduces the garment’s carbon footprint by 30%. In a world enveloped by fast fashion and linear textile streams, this workshop provides an opportunity to prolong the life of your favorite garment, all while sipping on our newest wine releases.

You bring your well-loved garment; all other materials will be provided. Practice techniques on a sampler first, or jump right in and start on the item you brought to repair. You’ll leave the workshop with an in-progress mended garment, and a basic understanding of how, and why, to mend. Basic sewing and stitching skills are required.

After booking, an email will follow with additional details.

If you don’t have a garment to mend but want to explore visible mending to create an abstract art piece, you are welcome to join!

This is an outdoor class held under a weather-protected canopy, complete with heaters and lap blankets. Dressing in layers is recommended.

To sign up —> Frog’s Leap Mending Bar Happy Hour

In partnership with FiberShed, breathe new life into your favorite textiles with.

If a new garment is kept for nine months longer than the typical use cycle, it reduces the garment’s carbon footprint by 30%. In a world enveloped by fast fashion and linear textile streams, this workshop provides an opportunity to prolong the life of your favorite garment, all while sipping on our newest wine releases.

You bring your well-loved garment; all other materials will be provided. Practice techniques on a sampler first, or jump right in and start on the item you brought to repair. You’ll leave the workshop with an in-progress mended garment, and a basic understanding of how, and why, to mend. Basic sewing and stitching skills are required.

After booking, an email will follow with additional details.

If you don’t have a garment to mend but want to explore visible mending to create an abstract art piece, you are welcome to join!

This is an outdoor class held under a weather-protected canopy, complete with heaters and lap blankets. Dressing in layers is recommended.

To sign up —> Frog’s Leap Mending Bar Happy Hour

Join me at the next Fibershed community event, Swap - Mend - Furoshiki! It’s the launch for The Clothing Swap Closet, open to everyone to trade their natural fiber garments and accessories, and to mix up your closets and keep your textiles circulating amongst our community! All items must be natural fiber materials, and in clean and good condition.

The Mending Bar will also be open with local mending teachers, Heidi Iverson of @honeyfolkclothing and Allison Reilly @allisonmayreilly. You will learn how to transform your favorite moth-damaged, torn, or distressed garments, homewares, and other textiles by visibly mending and patching, and developing your own stitch patterns! Whether you're new to repairing your clothes or an avid mender, we invite you to join us. The Mending Bar will be open throughout the event, and you can hop in at any time.

The Fibershed Learning Center will also be hosting Furoshiki workshops with Sachiko Knappman, to learn the art of Japanese fabric wrapping – for gifts and everyday carry. Furoshiki workshops will begin on the hour: 11a, 12p, 1p, 2p. You can join any workshop.

This is a family-friendly event. There will be fiber art activities for children, hosted by Fibershed producer member and Waldorf teacher, Robyn Smith of @spiritplay.natural.toys.

Local @dandelionchocolate Hot Cocoa and Mochi Muffins by @kinoko.japanese

This is a FREE and mask-friendly event. Registration is not required, but will help us gauge expected attendance ~ RSVP

Come hang out with me and a bunch of amazing folx this Saturday, December 3, from 12-4 pm in Healdsburg. I’ll have a pile of Linen Gauze Scarves, Slip Dresses, Cami Tops, Naturally Dyed Threads, Wool Box Tops, Talisman & Magicks.

There will be everything from Natural skincare/self-care, beautiful ceramics, vintage goodies, jewelry, paper goods, food, super yummy chocolate, and lots of holiday magic.

The Pop-up takes place at 428 & 444 9591 Moore Lane, Healdsburg, CA 94951.

jam’s joy bungalow food truck will be there slinging their delicious concoctions.

For those of you who can’t come, I’ll be doing a shop update on Sunday & Monday. Anyone who’s been waiting for Botanical Fabric Bundles, I’m working on new colors, Needle Book Kits, and new Sashiko Thread colors

Please join us for a bilingual Spiderweb Pouch step by step tutorial taught in English with Spanish translation (by the wonderful Natasha Goetz of Orso Objetos. ) Class time 17 hrs in Argentina & 4 pm PST, 5 pm MST, 6 pm CST, & 7 pm EST in the US. Should take 1 1/2 to 2 hours.

Únase a nosotros para un tutorial paso a paso bilingüe de Spiderweb Pouch impartido en inglés con traducción al español (por la maravillosa Natasha Goetz de Orso Objetos). Horario de clase 17 horas en Argentina y 4 pm PST, 5 pm MST, 6 pm CST y 7 pm EST USA. Debe tomar de 1 1/2 a 2 horas.

Register/Registrarse here.

Free Honey Folk Spiderweb Pouch Pattern

Gratis Bolsa De Telaraña De Honey Folk

Try your hand at simple stitching techniques that can repair, revive, and refashion the clothes and woven textiles in your life. This will be a virtual demonstration of hand stitching techniques for mending and patchwork, including a walkthrough of making a soft cloth patchwork pouch.

NOTE: This demonstration will be recorded and the video will be made publicly available by Fibershed. Please only register if you intend to join the live demonstration.

No prior experience is necessary. This is a free offering sponsored by Fibershed intended to inspire a commitment to keeping textiles in use, as mended clothes or as scrap-based projects.
Heidi will walk us through the steps of selecting materials, learning basic stitches with a needle and thread, patching a garment, and assembling a patchwork pouch, and there will be a moderated Q&A.

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FREE PATCHWORK POUCH PATTERN

Mending is a wonderful way to transform your favorite torn or distressed garments, homewares, and other textiles. In this workshop you will explore visible mending with cotton thread and patching, developing your own stitch patterns.

If you don’t have a garment to mend but want to explore visible mending to create an abstract art piece you are most welcome. I often make practice samplers to explore different shapes and color stories that then get turned into pillows or wall hangings. 

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This class is an exploration of using worn-out textiles to create new practical objects.

If you’re like me you have a large (maybe small) collection of worn-out textiles that are beyond just mending or maybe they just need to be transformed into something new. 

In this class we will be utilizing boro & traditional folk scrap quilting techniques to create squares or rectangles of soft layered cloth. This patchwork of fabric can become a pouch, pillow, quilt, table rummer, mat, or wall hanging. The possibilities are endless.

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