Steubenville, OH — Strong Towns Steubenville and re-craft Steubenville held a mending workshop at the Urban Thrift in down town Steubenville.
The event was meant to teach people fundamental repair techniques and sewing skills to individuals while fostering a sense of community among those with an interest in sewing, creating an opportunity for mentorship networking.
"We’re hoping to teach people very simple sewing skills. We have four workstations set up teaching hemming and basic alterations, sewing machine operations and reading patterns. Patching, whether you want to do a discrete patch or a highly visible decorative patch. And repairing notion- things like zippers, hooks and eyes and buttons," said Shannon Monroe.
Each work station covers a broad spectrum of sewing skills along with a volunteer guiding attendees through the process of learning the skill.
The crafts used were donated by re craft Steubenville who accepts donations of old crafting supplies and non traditional crafts such as sea shells and marbles. Re craft Steubenville then resells the supplies for at least 50% off retail prices.
"Recrafts Steubenville is basically a thrift store for craft supplies. So I like to say if Jo Ann's and Goodwill had a baby it would be re-craft," said Katie Takats.
"We donate those to community organizations to basically eliminate the cost barrier for learning how to do arts and crafts."
The event attracts attendees from outside of the area who came to the workshop.
"I think skills like these have been lost to time and in today’s economy, it’s more economical to repair things rather than always go out to buy them and if it wasn’t for something like this, I wouldn’t have the opportunity to learn these skills, so I really appreciated it," said Kylee Panepucci.
Strong Towns Steubenville hopes to continue holding events like this in the near future.
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