Did you know that you can sew on your patches using a sewing machine? It’s one of the quickest ways to attach a patch to your clothes and the best things about is - it’s reversible! You can easily unpick it if you want to remove it further down the line or want to re-use your patch.
Step 1: Choose your thread colour - go monochrome if you want the stitches to blend in or choose a contrasting colour if you want it to stand out (I recommend colour matching if you don’t feel super confident with your sewing machine yet because mistakes are less visible)
Step 2: Choose your patch placement - if you’re covering a hole or stain, make sure the patch covers it fully.
Step 3: Pin your patch in place.
Step 4: Sew the patch inside the seam using a straight stitch. I recommend using the slowest speed setting on your machine if you have that option so you can be super precise. Another hot tip is leaving your needle inside the patch when you turn a corner - that way the stitches will be perfectly rectangular.
And you’re done! Let me know if you have any questions or want a slower more detailed tutorial 🪡
Filming & editing: @anaclark_studio
Have you got a piece of clothing you never wear because it is special to you? Is it really well made, has a great fit or simply was a bit of an investment?
I have had these @marazul trousers since 2020 and hardly ever wore them even though they fit like a dream and I loved the way they looked on me. I did regret buying them in white because I cycle and am generally someone who tends to cover their clothing in something pretty quickly - not ideal.
I ended up never wearing them because I was too scared they’d get ruined. So I decided to cover them in patches instead. I thought if I added lots of pops of colour, any stain or imperfection wouldn’t be so obvious. I spent around 7 hours sewing all of these patches on, questioning my decision a million times but reminding myself I can just take them off again if I don’t like it. *swipe to last slide for WIP*
Once I was done and put them on, I actually loved them even more than before. They had become a unique statement piece. And stains obviously happen all the time now I actually wear them, but they don’t bother me as much anymore.
Would you do this to a pair of your own pants? 👀
Together with Bristols very own @toritsui_ and @rebel.patch we invite you down for an evening of patching, mending, conversation and rethinking what fashion could look like if we kept our clothes in use for longer.
Teams from @globalorganictextilestandard@sustainablefashionweek_uk and @nudiejeans will have an open conversation around organic fashion, care and keeping garments alive.
28 May
6-9 pm
Nudie Jeans Repair Shop Bristol
71 Park Street
Free entry. RSVP required due to limited capacity.
Bring something worn, torn or loved.
Link in bio.
Upcoming workshops in May 🌼
Join us for our Stitch Social on the 9th of May (which coincides with @sparksbristol 3rd anniversary 🥳)
Or come down on the 16th for some colourful sashiko 🪡✨️
#visiblemending #mendingworkshop #bristol #repairservice #repairyourclothes
It’s been a busy month at the Slow Fashion Studio. And we’re only a couple of days away from the beginning of ‘Mend it May’. Here are some of our favourite repairs from the past few weeks 🫶🏻
Slow Fashion Saves the Day! Come and join us and Team Love for a day of sustainable festival fashion 🫶🏻 Join us this Saturday the 18th of April from 1PM at Sparks Bristol. Tickets are £5 on Headfirst and include all workshops including our epaulette workshop and many more!
Mend in public day is coming up! (In 2 weeks!)
The Slow fashion collective will be running mending sessions all across the city - bring along something to mend and join in!
Details of events & What-three-words locations:
St. Andrew’s Park with @weavingchangeuk , 10:00-13:00 / third.grew.invite
Windmill Hill City Farm with @makingmends 10:00-12:00 / orbit.train.pines
St.George Park (meet at The Bake Box Cafe) with @rethrindle and @rebel.patch Patch 10:00–13:00 / spite.finds.reduce
Afghan Tasty Corner with @shika.otalu , 2:00-6:00
Sparks (Badges & Charms) with @notbuyingitmag 13:00 - 15:00
The event is part of @fash_rev global campaign to make mending mainstream 🧚🧵
The whole event will be free and is run on a voluntary basis, so come and get involved if you can 💖
Join us this Saturday for our Fabric Sale and Stitch Social! We hosted our first fabric sale and stitch social at our opening event and loved having you in our studio with all of your stitch and repair projects. We will be opening the shop from 11AM so you can browse all of our second hand fabrics and haberdashery bits and from 1PM you can join us around our big table with all of your textile related projects because stitching in community is always better than on your own. Tickets are available on Headfirst or drop in on the day you’re passing through town 🫶🏻
We're we're part of Birstol's Care and Repair Festival!
The Care and Repair Festival is a family-friendly festival hosted in venues across Broadmead, designed to bring people together to care for thenselves and the city.
We'll be hosting a FREE drop in mending session at the Slow Fashion Studio in @sparksbristol on the 17th April from 3-6pm. Bring an item to repair, learn how and get advice from our mending workshop facilitators Meret and Lisa 🪡
The Care and Repair Festival is brought to you by @bristolbid@sparksbristol and @newroombristol .
Find the full programme on the Bristol BID website!
#careandrepair #lovebristol #loveyourclothes #workshopspace #mendyourclothes
Last week our new workshop programme went live! Did you book your tickets yet? 👀
Here's an overview of our April Workshops.
We're hosting a workshop as part of the Care and Repair Festival by @sparksbristol@bristolbid and @newroombristol .
As well as a fun festival workshop as part of @lovesavesthedayfestival 'Slow Fashion Saves the Day' event ✨️
Which one are you coming to??
#repairworkshop #visiblemending #loveyourclothes #bristol #careandrepair
We'll be sharing some pictures of our launch event and new shop space soon.. in the meantime here's a cute photo of the two of us 💫
Thanks @emm_whitaker.png for the lovely pics
Saturday was a blast. Thanks for everyone who came down. We are so grateful for how supported we felt through this 🫶
I still can't quite believe we've opened a shop 🥹 how exciting. Hope to see you all there soon x
Also: our workshop programme is live!! Head to the link in bio to take a look. We'll share the programme in more detail on here as well soon 👀
#haberdashery #sewingworkshop #slowfashion #reclaimedfabric
