Green Grads’ popular Mending Hub is coming to Grand Designs! Here Lucy and Lucianne will demo how darning and patching can make your clothes not only last longer but look more beautiful and personal. Welcome to the world of visible mending! Bring something you’ve mended or would like to mend to share with Lucy and Lucianne. Or stitch something new from their stash of old clothes. Or simply watch and maybe learn a few stitches.

No appointment needed and completely free.

Lucy has a BA in Surface Pattern and Textiles from the University of Wales Trinity St. David.

Lucianne has a BA in Textiles in Practice from Manchester Metropolitan University.

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Also taking part is Jade Durling, a 2022 Green Grad, who has a BA in Textile Design from, Birmingham City University. “I have always enjoyed mending my clothing and other textiles – replacing buttons and patching up holes. Darning for me is a mindful activity, making a small comment on much larger environmental issues surrounding fast-fashion and throwaway culture.” Slow down and care for what you own, she says. And Jade has also explored natural dyes for threads and fabrics, linking this to her biomaterials research. “My aim was a complete colour wheel from madder red to spirulina green.”

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