Reimagine a loved textile treasure.

Whether or not you joined our first session, you're warmly invited to continue (or begin!) your journey into mindful, creative mending.

In this second Decorative Repair workshop, we’ll dive deeper into the art of hand mending and storytelling through fabric. Bring a piece you’d love to transform—maybe something you started earlier in the month, or a new item ready for repair and reinvention.

What’s special this time?

You’re encouraged to think ahead, gather your ideas, and collect more fabric scraps, threads, beads, buttons, and other small treasures. To help inspire and extend your creativity, Barbara will bring along her own collection of beads and buttons to share and spark fresh ideas.

Learn how to:

• Look more closely at detail and texture

• Refine your ideas with thoughtful composition

• Discover hidden gems in your everyday materials

• Tell your own story through fabric and thread

• This workshop is all about slowing down, seeing more, and letting your textile work reflect your personality and creativity.

Optional Koha:

• A small koha is welcome if you'd like to purchase extra resources from Barbara’s stash for future projects.

What to bring:

• A textile item you'd like to work on

• Any extra materials you’d like to incorporate (buttons, beads, threads, scraps)

• Let’s give beautiful old fabrics a new chapter—one stitch at a time.

Workshop details:

• Saturday 30 August, 9.30-11.30am

• Parnell Room, Parnell Community Centre

• $15 per person - tea and coffee included

• Tutor: Barbara Woodman

Our tutor: Barbara Woodman

Barbara Woodman is a friendly and multi-skilled tutor with a passion for creativity and sustainability. Se is the founder of Warm Hearts Upcycling,  her workshops focus on transforming unwanted clothes, fabrics, buttons, and other forgotten treasures into fun and useful new items. Through crafting circles, she helps bring people together—fostering connection, reducing isolation, and inspiring friendships, all while empowering individuals to be bold, resourceful, and adventurous with materials they already have at home.