We were delighted by the positive response to our first ever Community Mending Day. It was a jam-packed room with so many small and big repairs and inspiring conversations about our material culture and what clothing and mending mean to each of us.

A big thank you to those that attended the event and were willing to learn a new skill and try something new.

Thanks to our incredible 'mending help-desk’ volunteers who generously shared their knowledge and tools to help others mend, darn, fix and prolong the life of their clothing. Katherine and Jan of Winnipeg Sews, Andrea Mantler, Brenda Belmonte of Raiment Resource and Mallory from Reclaim Mending. A huge thank you as well to Helen Mawdsley for setting up her table of lovely hand-turned wooden tools and raffle prize, and to Marshall Fabric for the donation of three mending kits to our raffle.

We had some excellent media coverage in the lead up to the event - it sparked a conversation throughout our community on the importance of mending our clothes and limiting the textile waste that we produce.

If you would like to learn more about textile waste and recycling in Canada check out this report from Fashion Takes Action.

We are looking forward to more events like this - would you be interested in helping us organize future mending events? If yes shoot us an email at connect@pembinafibreshed.com