Mending Meet Up

Hosted by Martina

Ridgewood

$10

Mending is a form of resistance! Coming together at Daya Yoga Studio on the second Saturday of each month, we can explore this intervention through the act of mending our precious textiles: forming relationships with our textiles and with each other. Pamphlets and examples of darning, mending, and sashiko stitching, as well as materials will be provided. Please bring yourself (and maybe a friend) and an object you wish to mend. 

 Top Ten Reasons to Mend 

 Time: Sewing slows it 

 Earth: Every mend helps 

 Money: Costs little, is priceless 

 Fashion: Mending is truly trending 

 Respect: Honor the clothes makers

 History: Domestic drudgery reborn 

 Security: The pleasant feeling of fixed 

 Uniqueness: Makes every garment special Connection: Mending with friends is bonding Mendfulness: Out of your mind, into your hands 

 Excerpt from 'MEND! A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto' by Kate Sekules, Penguin, 2020 

 Martina Cox graduated from The Cooper Union in 2018 and is the owner and designer of the bespoke garment label Martina Cox, she currently works out of Brooklyn. Her work focuses on the craft and histories of garment making as well as the performative role that clothing takes on in relation to the body.