On The Mend!

On The Mend!

Adult | Available

286 Whisconier Rd Brookfield, CT 06804 United States
Weaving Studio
All Levels Ages 8 to 108
Saturday, July 12, 2025 (one day)
1:00 PM-4:00 PM on Sat
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$86.00
Member Discount Available

On The Mend!

Adult | Available

On the mend!
In this workshop, we will sample with mending techniques that can be applied to your favorite
textiles and garments. Starting with a piece woven cloth, we will practice how to mend with and
without a patch, how to make visible mends, as well as how to make more subtle mends that
blend in with your garment.
Feel free to bring along textiles or garments that you would like advice on how to mend. While
we will begin by creating samples, we can create a plan for how to repair your well-loved pieces.
No sewing experience is necessary but experienced needleworkers are welcome!
Intergenerational participation is encouraged, ages 8 - 108 are welcome!

  • There is a $4 registration fee included in tuition.
    Members will have the $4 deducted from tuition.
    There is a $15.00 materials fee included in tuition.

    This class is held in the Fiber Studio there will be a set of steps to walk down.

    Please note that classes at Brookfield Craft Center must meet a minimum number of  2  registrations for the class to run. Students will be notified within a week's notice whether their class will be held. If the class is canceled due to low enrollment, students may request to be transferred to another class or be refunded in full.

Welty, Emma
Emma Welty

Emma Welty is an artist and educator with a textile centered studio practice. Welty completed a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Fibers and Art History and an MFA/MA in Visual Art and Art History at Purchase College.


Welty’s work utilizes ancestral traditions of Armenian carpet and needlelace to explore economies of labor, notions of “heirloom” and cultural transmissions within a digital diaspora. Welty has held residencies at the Newport Art Museum, Museum of Arts and Design and the Woodbury Public Library. Welty’s work has recently been exhibited in the Newport Art Museum, Piano Craft Gallery in Boston, Joseph Gross Gallery at the University of Arizona, the Gilbert Gallery at Miss Porter’s School, Heirloom Gallery in Brooklyn, Studio Hill Gallery in Woodbury, CT and the Jamestown Art Center.