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Repair PDX: Community Mending Fridays

  • Leaven Community Repeair PDX Workshop 5431 NE 20th Ave Portland, OR 97211 (map)

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!
Earlier Event: March 1
Repair PDX: Modern Kintsugi Workshop