Repair PDX

Join us for a darn good time learning how to darn your clothes on Mar 28th from 10am-12:30pm at Leaven Community Center!

Darning is a kind of mending used for knitwear primarily. Mending is something we can all do, saving clothes from the landfill and healing our hearts in the process. Mending is a meditative, slow process that improves with practice.

Sivia will teach several methods during this workshop that you can use right away to start darning your socks, sweaters, and other knitwear. These darning techniques can also be used for mending other garments.

All skill levels are welcome, and we encourage you to bring your own items to work on, though we also provide practice items. All materials provided & you will go home with a little mending kit!

SIGN UP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/learn-to-darn-march-tickets-1983208684562?aff=oddtdtcreator

Sign up to join Margo, Adam, & other community members while diving into your mending box!

Community Mending hours are open only to Repair PDX Volunteers and past participants in our mending/textile-related classes. :
- Community to mend alongside & accountabili-buddies to finally get some of those items fixed!
- Access to all our mending-related tools & materials, including at least 2 home sewing machines you can use while you are there!
- Advice/guidance/teaching from a pro-sewist, Margo, who specializes in outdoor gear & garment mending.
- Join anytime during the 4-7pm window.

Sewing Machine Consultations are open to everyone and include:
- 1-on-1 sewing machine consult for 45 minutes with Adam in which you can:
- Get to know your sewing machine,
- Learn what needles / threads / stitches to use for different projects,
- Fix basic issues such as uneven tensioning.

Community Mending Fridays (including both community mending hours and sewing machine consultations) will be hosted most Fridays from 4-7pm. Upcoming Dates: Feb 20th, Mar 6th.

Location: Repair PDX Workshop in the basement of Leaven Community Center
SIGN UPS NOW REQUIRED TO JOIN! Find future dates on our EventBrite page!

📜✏️ SIGN UP Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/repair-pdx-4122944995
(We are now requiring sign-ups so we can anticipate your needs & make sure everyone has space to work)

Intimidated by zipper repair?

Join us Feb 28th from 10am-1pm and learn to fix separating zippers on a jacket/sweatshirt full-length zipper by identifying and replacing the slider!

Zippers are often seen as intimidating; this class aims to break down that barrier by providing you with the knowledge, tools, and parts to repair your own zipper!

Course will Include:
- Overview of zipper and slider types
- Hands-on identification practice
- Practice removing and replacing a slider!

Location: Leaven Community Center

Sign up for a sliding scale ticket and learn more details here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/workshop-fix-your-separating-jacket-zipper-tickets-1980759078725?aff=oddtdtcreatorIntimidated

Join us Sunday, Mar 1st from 2-5pm for a hands-on workshop where you will learn to repair your ceramics with a modern take on an ancient art form. Limited seats!

Kintsugi (金継ぎ, gold joinery) is the Japanese craft of repairing ceramics. Fractures are no longer weak points, but beautiful elements. This philosophy is often taught as embracing imperfections in our life, the beauty of human flaws.

During the 3-hour workshop, you will learn how to repair ceramics with the modern Kintsugi methods finishing the joints with gold powder.

This class will be taught by Emi Joyce, formerly a full-time bench jeweler and apparel designer, currently a kintsugi restorer and a natural dyer. You can learn more about her kintsugi work via Instagram,

Location: Leaven Community Center

Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/modern-kintsugi-repair-workshop-march-tickets-1982542652442?aff=oddtdtcreator

Join us Feb 28th from 10am-1pm and learn to fix separating zippers on a jacket/sweatshirt full-length zipper by identifying and replacing the slider!

Zippers are often seen as intimidating; this class aims to break down that barrier by providing you with the knowledge, tools, and parts to repair your own zipper!

Course will Include:
- Overview of zipper and slider types
- Hands-on identification practice
- Practice removing and replacing a slider!

Location: Leaven Community Center

Sign up for a sliding scale ticket and learn more details here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/workshop-fix-your-separating-jacket-zipper-tickets-1980759078725?aff=oddtdtcreator

Join Margo, Adam, & other community members while diving into your mending box!

Community Mending hours are open only to Repair PDX Volunteers and past participants in our mending/textile-related classes. :

- Community to mend alongside & accountabili-buddies to finally get some of those items fixed!
- Access to all our mending-related tools & materials, including at least 2 home sewing machines you can use while you are there!
- Advice/guidance/teaching from a pro-sewist, Margo, who specializes in outdoor gear & garment mending.
- Join anytime during the 4-7pm window.

Sewing Machine Consultations are open to everyone and include:

- 1-on-1 sewing machine consult for 45 minutes with Adam in which you can:
- Get to know your sewing machine,
- Learn what needles / threads / stitches to use for different projects,
- Fix basic issues such as uneven tensioning.

Community Mending Fridays (including both community mending hours and sewing machine consultations) will be hosted most Fridays from 4-7pm. Upcoming Dates: Feb 6th, Feb 20th, & Mar 6th.

Location: Repair PDX Workshop in the basement of Leaven Community Center

Sign ups are now required to join. Find future dates on our EventBrite page!

📜✏️ Sign up Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/repair-pdx-4122944995

(We are now requiring sign-ups so we can anticipate your needs & make sure everyone has space to work)

Join us for a darn good time on Saturday Feb 7th from 10am-12:30pm at Leaven Community Center and learn how to darn your clothes!

Darning is a kind of mending used for knitwear primarily. Mending is something we can all do, saving clothes from the landfill and healing our hearts in the process. Mending is a meditative, slow process that improves with practice.

Sivia will teach several methods during this workshop that you can use right away to start darning your socks, sweaters, and other knitwear. These darning techniques can also be used for mending other garments.

All skill levels are welcome, and we encourage you to bring your own items to work on, though we also provide practice items. All materials provided & you will go home with a little mending kit!

SIGN UP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/learn-to-darn-february-tickets-1980759119848?aff=oddtdtcreator

Join us at Leaven Community to learn the basics of soldering for electronics repair next Wednesday Jan 14th @6-8pm!

This class will focus on general soldering skills for DIY home electronics fixers and those wanting to know the basics. The course will include:
• A basic soldering demonstration with overviews of different types of solders
• An overview of the purpose and use of Flux
• Learning about coating wires
• Practice replacing a circuit, including: removal, cleanup, and soldering the new connection.

We will provide all necessary materials and practice items to work on. You may also bring an item needing repair on a soldered component to work on it in class!

Date: Next Wednesday, Jan 14th @ 6-8pm
Location: Leaven Community Center, 5431 Northeast 20th Avenue

SIGN UP for a sliding-scale ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/soldering-for-home-electronics-repairs-tickets-1979682114496?aff=oddtdtcreator

Join Repair PDX Jan 18th from 10-1pm and learn traditional Japanese Sashiko embroidered mending! Sashiko is a geometric embroidery technique which stabilizes and reinforces mends in fabric while adding beautiful embellishment.

In this small hands-on workshop at Leaven Community Center our lovely instructor Angela will walk you through creating and adding a sashiko patch to an item of clothing or fabric with a tear or hole. She will talk about the history of Sashiko, what ways it is used today, and which mending situations are most suited to Sashiko use. You will choose the sashiko pattern stencil you wish to use and will go home with a skein of thread and a needle (and fabric if desired) to finish your project with and/or start others at home!

Date/Time: Jan 18th 2026, 10am-1pm
Location: Leaven Community Center, 5431 Northeast 20th Avenue

SIGN UP for sliding scale tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/january-sashiko-mending-workshop-tickets-1978792805549?aff=oddtdtcreator

In case you missed it, here is the KGW-TV story on Repair PDX this week. Thanks so much Laural Porter (KGW-TV) and Kurt Austin for sharing what we do in such a wonderful way. Ya'll are really good at what you do!

Fixing what's broken: At Portland's Repair PDX, community mends more than just busted toasters At Repair PDX, volunteers are fighting a throwaway culture one free repair at a time — and building community along the way.

KGW-TV will be showing the Repair PDX segment again today at 7pm! Please check it out if you can!

Thanks to KGW-TV for filming our Repair Café last month! You can check out their story today, Monday 12/8, on the 4pm newscast, and again at 6:30.