Repair PDX

Join us for a darn good time learning how to darn your clothes on Mar 28th from 10am-12:30pm at Leaven Community Center!

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!

SIGN UP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/learn-to-darn-march-tickets-1983208684562?aff=oddtdtcreator

Intimidated by zipper repair?

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

Sign up for a sliding scale ticket and learn more details here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/workshop-fix-your-separating-jacket-zipper-tickets-1980759078725?aff=oddtdtcreatorIntimidated

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,

Location: Leaven Community Center

Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/modern-kintsugi-repair-workshop-march-tickets-1982542652442?aff=oddtdtcreator

Join Repair PDX Jan 18th from 10-1pm and learn traditional Japanese Sashiko embroidered mending! Sashiko is a geometric embroidery technique which stabilizes and reinforces mends in fabric while adding beautiful embellishment.

In this small hands-on workshop at Leaven Community Center our lovely instructor Angela will walk you through creating and adding a sashiko patch to an item of clothing or fabric with a tear or hole. She will talk about the history of Sashiko, what ways it is used today, and which mending situations are most suited to Sashiko use. You will choose the sashiko pattern stencil you wish to use and will go home with a skein of thread and a needle (and fabric if desired) to finish your project with and/or start others at home!

Date/Time: Jan 18th 2026, 10am-1pm
Location: Leaven Community Center, 5431 Northeast 20th Avenue

SIGN UP for sliding scale tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/january-sashiko-mending-workshop-tickets-1978792805549?aff=oddtdtcreator