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Maker Faire Bay Area 2009
Making A-Mends with Sewing!

Craft Demos , Saturday 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM Emancipate yourself from the global garment industry by learning the skills to alter, mend and make your own garments! Learn how to sew on your button so it will stay put, apply patches with ease, and darn holes in knit fabrics.

Craft Demos , Sunday 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM Emancipate yourself from the global garment industry by learning the skills to alter, mend and make your own garments! Learn how to sew on your button so it will stay put, apply patches with ease, and darn holes in knit fabrics.

Location: Expo Hall 205

A collaborative project from Craft Leftovers and Sewing Rebellion. Encouraging the REUSE, RENOVATION and RECYCLING of existing textiles in the creation of unique items tailored to YOUR taste. Learn to mend, sew by hand, and use a sewing machine. Projects and techniques demoed each hour with instructions and materials provided.

Web site: Http://www.craftleftovers.com/

About the Maker(s)

Kristin Roach Craft Leftovers [
As founder of Craft Leftovers and host of the Central Iowa Sewing Rebellion it is important to me to enable the sharing of skills, ideas, and patterns to all who are willing to learn.
Http://www.craftleftovers.com/