Mar
28
10:00 AM10:00

Repair PDX: Darning Workshop

Join us Mar 28th from 10am-12:30pm at Leaven Community Center to learn how to darn your clothes! It's a darn good time!

Darning is a kind of mending used for knitwear primarily. Mending is something we can all do, saving clothes from the landfill and healing our hearts in the process. Mending is a meditative, slow process that improves with practice.

Sivia will teach several methods during this workshop that you can use right away to start darning your socks, sweaters, and other knitwear. These darning techniques can also be used for mending other garments.

All skill levels are welcome, and we encourage you to bring your own items to work on, though we also provide practice items. All materials provided & you will go home with a little mending kit! 

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Mar
30
6:00 PM18:00

Repair PDX: Mending with Embroidery Workshop

Want to learn to mend your items with embroidery!? 

Join Repair PDX on Mar 30th from 6-8pm at Leaven Community Center!

This small hands-on class will be focused on repairing holes, reinforcing fabric, and re-making button holes or areas of loose stitching. You will learn how to repair a garment of your own (or practice on scrap fabric) using a variety of visible mending and embroidery techniques. We will not be covering the Japanese art of Sashiko embroidery mending as we offer other classes for this specifically.

You will leave knowing how to repair your personal items and you'll get a book of stitches and some take-home supplies for your personal mending projects!

We recommend bringing items with a looser weave and minimal stretch. All skill levels are welcome, and we encourage you to bring your own items to work on, though we also provide practice items. All materials provided & you will go home with a little mending kit! 

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Apr
4
7:30 PM19:30

Concert: Friends After Good Sound

Performing new musical works by Franciso Bottelo, Stephanie Laven Trotter and Diana Operza, Friends After Good Sound continues to share the newest of Portland's new with our 2026 spring concert. Each of these composers have been work shopping with our ensemble for the past three months and we can't wait to share what our collaboration has divined. We will be joined on stage by lovely Helen Spencer-Wallace who will open our first show of the fire horse year. 

Doors at 7 pm, concert at 7:30pm

Tickets will be sold at the door via cash or venmo, sliding scale from $10-30 

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Mar
20
4:00 PM16:00

Repair PDX: Community Mending Fridays

  • Leaven Community Repeair PDX Workshop (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join Margo, Adam, & other community members while diving into your mending box!

Community Mending hours are open only to Repair PDX Volunteers and past participants in our mending/textile-related classes.

  • Community to mend alongside & accountabili-buddies to finally get some of those items fixed!

  • Access to all our mending-related tools & materials, including at least 2 home sewing machines you can use while you are there!

  • Advice/guidance/teaching from a pro-sewist, Margo, who specializes in outdoor gear & garment mending.

  • Join anytime during the 4-7pm window.

  • Sewing Machine Consultations are open to everyone and include:

  • 1-on-1 sewing machine consult for 45 minutes with Adam in which you can:

  • Get to know your sewing machine,

  • Learn what needles / threads / stitches to use for different projects,

  • Fix basic issues such as uneven tensioning.

Community Mending Fridays (including both community mending hours and sewing machine consultations) will be hosted most Fridays from 4-7pm. Upcoming Dates: Feb 20th, & Mar 6th.

Location: Repair PDX Workshop in the basement of the Leaven Community Center

Sign-ups are now required to join so we can anticipate your needs & make sure everyone has space to work. Find future dates on our EventBrite page!

sign up here!
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Mar
13
4:00 PM16:00

Repair PDX: Community Mending Fridays

  • Leaven Community Repeair PDX Workshop (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join Margo, Adam, & other community members while diving into your mending box!

Community Mending hours are open only to Repair PDX Volunteers and past participants in our mending/textile-related classes.

  • Community to mend alongside & accountabili-buddies to finally get some of those items fixed!

  • Access to all our mending-related tools & materials, including at least 2 home sewing machines you can use while you are there!

  • Advice/guidance/teaching from a pro-sewist, Margo, who specializes in outdoor gear & garment mending.

  • Join anytime during the 4-7pm window.

  • Sewing Machine Consultations are open to everyone and include:

  • 1-on-1 sewing machine consult for 45 minutes with Adam in which you can:

  • Get to know your sewing machine,

  • Learn what needles / threads / stitches to use for different projects,

  • Fix basic issues such as uneven tensioning.

Community Mending Fridays (including both community mending hours and sewing machine consultations) will be hosted most Fridays from 4-7pm. Upcoming Dates: Feb 20th, & Mar 6th.

Location: Repair PDX Workshop in the basement of the Leaven Community Center

Sign-ups are now required to join so we can anticipate your needs & make sure everyone has space to work. Find future dates on our EventBrite page!

sign up here!
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Mar
6
4:00 PM16:00

Repair PDX: Community Mending Fridays

  • Leaven Community Repeair PDX Workshop (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join Margo, Adam, & other community members while diving into your mending box!

Community Mending hours are open only to Repair PDX Volunteers and past participants in our mending/textile-related classes.

  • Community to mend alongside & accountabili-buddies to finally get some of those items fixed!

  • Access to all our mending-related tools & materials, including at least 2 home sewing machines you can use while you are there!

  • Advice/guidance/teaching from a pro-sewist, Margo, who specializes in outdoor gear & garment mending.

  • Join anytime during the 4-7pm window.

  • Sewing Machine Consultations are open to everyone and include:

  • 1-on-1 sewing machine consult for 45 minutes with Adam in which you can:

  • Get to know your sewing machine,

  • Learn what needles / threads / stitches to use for different projects,

  • Fix basic issues such as uneven tensioning.

Community Mending Fridays (including both community mending hours and sewing machine consultations) will be hosted most Fridays from 4-7pm. Upcoming Dates: Feb 20th, & Mar 6th.

Location: Repair PDX Workshop in the basement of the Leaven Community Center

Sign-ups are now required to join so we can anticipate your needs & make sure everyone has space to work. Find future dates on our EventBrite page!

sign up here!
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Mar
1
2:00 PM14:00

Repair PDX: Modern Kintsugi Workshop

Join us Sunday, Mar 1st from 2-5pm for a hands-on workshop where you will learn to repair your ceramics with a modern take on an ancient art form. Limited seats!

Kintsugi (金継ぎ, gold joinery) is the Japanese craft of repairing ceramics. Fractures are no longer weak points, but beautiful elements. This philosophy is often taught as embracing imperfections in our life, the beauty of human flaws.

During the 3-hour workshop, you will learn how to repair ceramics with the modern Kintsugi methods finishing the joints with gold powder.

This class will be taught by Emi Joyce, formerly a full-time bench jeweler and apparel designer, currently a kintsugi restorer and a natural dyer. You can learn more about her kintsugi work via Instagram, @portlandkintsugirepair.

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Feb
28
10:00 AM10:00

Repair PDX: Fix Your Separating Jacket Zipper!

  • Leaven Community Basement Hall (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us Feb 28th from 10am-1pm and learn to fix separating zippers on a jacket/sweatshirt full-length zipper by identifying and replacing the slider!

Zippers are often seen as intimidating; this class aims to break down that barrier by providing you with the knowledge, tools, and parts to repair your own zipper!

Course will Include:

  • Overview of zipper and slider types

  • Hands-on identification practice

  • Practice removing and replacing a slider!

Location: Leaven Community Center Basement Hall

Sign up for a sliding scale ticket and learn more details here!

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Feb
20
4:00 PM16:00

Repair PDX: Community Mending Fridays

  • Leaven Community Repeair PDX Workshop (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join Margo, Adam, & other community members while diving into your mending box!

Community Mending hours are open only to Repair PDX Volunteers and past participants in our mending/textile-related classes.

  • Community to mend alongside & accountabili-buddies to finally get some of those items fixed!

  • Access to all our mending-related tools & materials, including at least 2 home sewing machines you can use while you are there!

  • Advice/guidance/teaching from a pro-sewist, Margo, who specializes in outdoor gear & garment mending.

  • Join anytime during the 4-7pm window.

  • Sewing Machine Consultations are open to everyone and include:

  • 1-on-1 sewing machine consult for 45 minutes with Adam in which you can:

  • Get to know your sewing machine,

  • Learn what needles / threads / stitches to use for different projects,

  • Fix basic issues such as uneven tensioning.

Community Mending Fridays (including both community mending hours and sewing machine consultations) will be hosted most Fridays from 4-7pm. Upcoming Dates: Feb 20th, & Mar 6th.

Location: Repair PDX Workshop in the basement of the Leaven Community Center

Sign-ups are now required to join so we can anticipate your needs & make sure everyone has space to work. Find future dates on our EventBrite page!

sign up here!
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