October 4, 2024
Learning
Street Stiching is 'an act of gentle disruption that demonstrates the pleasure and necessity of garment repair.”
Photo courtesy Mary Morten
"In this age of fast fashion, many people don’t give a second thought to tossing a torn shirt or ditching a pair of pants with a broken zipper. But go back in time a few decades, and simply mending what needed repairing would be far more commonplace. With her posse of street sewers who gather under the motto “Stitch It, Don’t Ditch It,” Mary Morton is encouraging a return to form.
"The 67-year-old and her crew post up about once a month from April to October in Edinburgh, Scotland, their brightly colored signs beckoning passersby to stop and learn how to wield a needle and thread. While having the happy consequence of saving people money, the sewing lessons are really about saving the environment." - Rebekah Brandes
ARTICLE: Through Pop-Up Sewing Lessons, UK Street Stitching Movement Tackles Fast Fashion
RELATED WEBSITE: RepairWhatYouWear.com
