Dedicating an entire season to acts of mending is a bold move. As you may know, the most recent round of the Winter of Care and Repair challenge just wrapped up. In this episode the challenge’s creator, Jeanna Wigger, and I catch up to review the experience, both as individual participants and as members of this vibrant and inspiring global community of menders. So whether you’re in the southern hemisphere with Winter just round the corner, or you’re in the northern hemisphere and the next round is some way off, you’ll find out what benefits it could bring you, should you decide to participate.
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You can follow Jeanna on Instagram @thepeoplesmending.
Listen to my previous conversation with Jeanna about the challenge:
Other mending-related episodes you might enjoy include the three-part mini-series about Make Do and Mend:
Plus these solo episodes:
Jeanna tested out multiple methods of lightweight sock repair and reviewed the results.
Image source: Jeanna Wigger
Examples of Jeanna’s mending, all of which fit within her definition of a mend that is hidden in plain sight, designed to look like it's "supposed to be there.":
#40: Experimend with Erin Lewis-Fitzgerald
#39: Modern Mending with Erin Lewis-Fitzgerald
#38: Pledge and Participants #2 with Amy and Judith
#37: Pledge and Participants #1 with Rebecca and Meg
#36: What is Me-Made-May?
#35: Mask Making with Sophie Passmore
#34: Ethical Fabric Sourcing with Charlie Bradley Ross
#33 Encouraging Kids to Sew
#32: Textile Activism with Shams el-Din Rogers
#31: Exploring Zero Waste Design with Liz Haywood
#30: Tips and Takeaways from Made Do and Mend
#29: Lessons From the 1940s
#28: Make Do and Mend
#27: Zoe & Julia go Rag Rugging
#26: Harvesting Materials with Eliu Hernandez
#25: Handmade Period Pants with Yelena Buck
#24: Conscious Making in Real Life with Rebecca Evans-Merritt
#23: Sewing Goals for the New Year
#22: Mending Workshops with Carla & Meg / Community Glue
#21: The Joy of Reclaimed Fabric with Sarah aka Sew Love NZ
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