Explore the fundamentals of visible mending for denim and other woven textiles by learning repair techniques to stitch, patch, and mend your well-loved clothing. Darning for knitwear will also be covered, offering various ways to restore and redesign your favorite knits, making this five-day course a comprehensive, creative mending experience – just in time to welcome the first day of autumn and prepare your closet for the coming season.

Class will begin by gathering inspiration and designing ‘mending samplers’ for denim and knitwear to develop skill and style before moving on to mending personal garments. Study will focus on using the Elements of Art and Principles of Design to help guide creativity and steer artistic expression.

There is something special that happens while making and mending in community by sharing stories with one another as our hands work, stitching stories that our memories and beloved wardrobe have to tell, with discussion landing on sustainability, finding inspiration, and cultivating a creative mending practice.

You will leave Madeline Island with a thoughtfully mended garment, or two, designed by your hands, from your heart, and stitched with love, continuing to add to your story as your mending journey travels across the depths of Lake Superior towards home and beyond.