Free!

You can help the planet by keeping some things out of the land fill when you bring them to my sewing clinic for repair. I will repair them for free.

I have repaired dresses, pants, blousses, coats, blankets, pillow cases, a sports bag, reusable shopping bags, a lamp shade, and a pair of slippers. I have created a lamp shade and an apron without a pattern. I instructed a woman on how to make a square dance skirt without a pattern (her friends were amazed) and one on how to sew a cover for an outdoor piece of furniture. The woman who made the cover insisted upon buying the amount of material that she had computed, but with my suggestion, she had so much left over that she made a cover for the outdoor grill.

I will help you repair your clothing, teach you to use your own sewing machine, or repair your clothing for you depending upon your skill level. Some people left things for me to repair and picked them up the next month.

During one clinic, we repaired two pair of pants, one pair of shorts, one blouse, one sports bag, and one reusable shopping bag. I taught two men to hem their own pants. I did much of the sewing, but they measured, cut, and ironed.

One woman lost 40 pounds and wasn't ready to invest in new clothes, so we altered her wardrobe. Another woman brought more than a dozen pairs of pants to be shortened. We shortened four or five each month until they were all done.

Just bring what needs to be repaired and any parts or pieces (button, replacement zipper, decal to be sewn on, etc.).

Bring everything that you want sewn and I will tell you what can be done. If we can't finish this time, we can do more next time.

I hope to see you soon!

We play board games afterwards.