Creative Essentials: visible mending and repair

About this course

The course develops repair and construction techniques through hand stitching and basic sewing machine work. Learners practise stitch types, seams, fastenings and pressing, with attention to control, consistency and sound working methods. Visible mending is explored through appliqué and visible darning, showing how construction choices and materials affect the result. The techniques can be applied to garments and household textiles, including items being repaired, altered or transformed.

What you'll learn

• Use a range of hand and basic machine stitching techniques for repair and construction.
• Apply suitable mending methods to alter, repair or transform garments and household textiles.
• Create visible repairs using appliqué and visible darning.
• Use seams, fastenings and pressing techniques when improving repaired items.

Is this course right for you?

This course is labelled Beginner and is intended for learners developing fundamental textile repair and making techniques. Participants work on repair, alteration and reuse projects using both hand stitching and basic sewing machine methods.

• Suitable for learners working with both hand stitching and basic sewing machine techniques.
• The course forms part of a pathway intended to support revisiting and consolidating repair and making skills over time.

Before you go

• Learners are encouraged to bring existing garments or textile items to repair, alter or reuse.