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Repair What You Wear Workshop with the Edinburgh Stitchers

  • Jock Tamson's Gairden 5 Old Church Lane Edinburgh, Scotland, EH15 3PX United Kingdom (map)

Bring your favourite worn-out clothes and learn cool mending tricks with the Edinburgh Stitchers and volunteers from SHRUB Coop.

Torn knees, ripped seams, moth holes in your jumpers. stains needing covered, holes in your socks?

Join Jock Tamson's Gairden to learn how to fix your gardening clothes or favourite outfits and help to address today's throwaway culture. Bring in your own clothes for bespoke repair advice from the group or join others working on a range of useful techniques.

You will use approaches outlined in a book by SHRUB volunteer, Mary Morton, Stitch It, Don't Ditch It: Simple hand-sewn repairs to help you love your clothes for longer, copies of which will be available for sale at the event.

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