mending

Founded in 2023, Radical Sewing Club teaches practical hand sewing and mending skills every Wednesday night.

Quiquivix initially sought commission work mending others’ clothing but then decided to channel their experience and learned patience from working at youth summer camps to teach a class.

As he reaches a milestone birthday, mending his broken family relationships will be complicated and slow.

Kinnard included immersive lessons in her curriculum, such as a clothing swap, a mending workshop, and a visit to the Garment Worker Center downtown, an advocacy group that supports employees in the apparel industry.

In South Somerset, the Chard Community Hub is a volunteer organisation that offers support to local residents with everything from food parcels and mending clothes, to helping people fill in forms for support they qualify for.