Artistree Community Arts Center Artful Visible Mending

Artful Visible Mending

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Artistree Community Arts Center

Artistree Community Arts Center Artful Visible Mending
Ages

Adult

Dates

Sat, Sep 30, 2023

Time

9:00am - 12:00pm EDT

Location

2095 Pomfret Rd, Pomfret, VT 05067

Instructor

Sue S.

Capacity

12 students

Class Experience

Learn to repair a favorite clothing item with simple, beautiful stitching. No sewing experience necessary. Bring several worn or torn clothes and learn techniques to patch and stitch over a rip or thin area, rendering it strong, beautiful and useful. This technique can be as ornamental or utilitarian as you wish it to look. I will show you examples for both and you can adapt to your aesthetic wishes. You will leave the workshop with skills to repair your clothes artfully for years to come. Women, men, and teenagers welcome.


Sue Schlabach is an artist and photographer with over 25 years of background as a Creative Director in art publishing. Her creative practices include en plein air painting, fiber art, watercolor, and mixed media design. On painting outdoors, she loves the immediacy of changing light and weather, and a finite amount of time to choose a composition and get to work. She loves to use large brushes to achieve abstraction and movement. Sue has been painting en plein air with ArtisTree for many years and exhibits regularly in the gallery. See her work at www.SueSchlabach.com

Class Requirements

  • No previous sewing skill necessary

What you'll learn

  • Several stitches for making a visible repair 
  • Ways to patch on top or below a rip
  • Approaches to fixing various types of textile: denim, stretchy jersey and thinner fabrics

Other Things To Know

Cancellation Policy

If a participant wants to cancel their enrollment, we will refund the amount of tuition minus a non-refundable $30 registration fee if request is made no less than 8 business days prior to the start of class. See full policy here.

What To Bring

  • Several favorite clothing items that you can no longer wear because of a hole, worn elbow or knee. Note that thick denim will be a little harder to sew, but possible! We’ll pick one for you to work on and you may complete it during the workshop or get well on your way.  
  • Fabric Scissors (but if you don’t have them, I’ll have several pairs).
  • Thimble is helpful (I'll also have some extras)
  • Fabric scraps (I'll also have many scraps for students to use)


  • Other Items Nice to Have: 
  • needle threader
  • scraps of fabric you’d like to use for a visible patch
  • 4” embroidery hoop (note, I will provide these for use in the workshop)

Artistree Community Arts Center Location

Artistree Community Arts Center

2095 Pomfret Rd, Pomfret, VT 05067

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Meet your Instructor

Sue S.

Sue Schlabach is an artist and photographer with over 25 years of background as a Creative Director in art publishing. Her creative practices include en plein air painting in slow drying acrylics, textile arts, and mixed media work. On painting outdoors, she loves the immediacy of changing light and weather, and a finite amount of time to choose a composition and get to work. She primarily uses large brushes to achieve abstraction and movement.