LucyDreamsOf
ALL THINGS MENDING
Mending Services, Workshops, Zines, and More!
Mending Services
I mend your clothes!
Bring me your well-worn clothing and I'll offer creative and durable ways to fix them! Offering everything from sashiko to darning, knit duplicate stitch, patchwork, machine darning, lining replacements, and more.
Interested in getting your items mended?
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Sashiko
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Woven Darning (Twill)
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Woven Darning (Knitwear)
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Cuff Replacement
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Patchwork
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Parachute Stitch
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Duplicate Stitch (Swiss Darning)
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Discreet Repairs
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Machine Darning
Workshops & Events
I teach you how to mend your clothes!
Find me teaching at The Notch, Production Mode, Maydel, Tailorbird Fabrics, Red Line Service, Lot’sa, Dovetail Brewery, and more. Sometimes I share my work at events, too, like the upcoming Chicago Textile Fair and Chicago Zine Fest! See what’s coming up!
Want to host a workshop or sign up for private classes? Get in touch.
Stay up to date on all upcoming workshops & events!
Zines & More
Patches, postcards, and guides to all things mending.
Available in person at Maydel, events like the upcoming Chicago Textile Fair and Chicago Zine Fest, and right here on this website.
See what I’m working on!
A simple guide to sewing buttons and buttonholes! Unfold the whole thing to play i-spy with a dazzling collection of my grandmother’s buttons. Designed in Chicago and printed locally at Spudnik Press. This zine is inspired by one of my favorite poems, The Coin by Sara Teasdale, and dedicated to my grandmother, Liz Leith.
The Coin
by Sara Teasdale
Into my heart’s treasury
I slipped a coin
That time cannot take
Nor a thief purloin,
Oh better than the minting
Of a gold-crowned king
Is the safe-kept memory
Of a lovely thing.