Events
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Top Stitch & Friends!
Top Stitch Mending welcomes vend-friends The Exit Plan, Forget Me Not and Windblown Sister Botanicals for this month’s Top Stitch & Friends event.
The Exit Plan will be offering matcha on site. Bring your own cup for $5 off mending!
Forget Me Not will be offering nostalgic textiles, romantic mementos, heirlooms, keepsakes, good luck charms, wearable collectibles, handmade and mended goods, found objects and more.
Windblown Sister Botanicals will be offering hand-built blank books, journals and notebooks made with reclaimed materials, natural dyes and stains. Plus they’ll have botanical skincare and plant powered perfumes. Come chat with her about native plants, Western folk herbalism and plant medicine.
As ALWAYS it’s an appointment-free walk-in day for on-site mini-mends as busyness allows and repair pile drop-off for pick-up on a later date. Check out our Instagram highlight for how to prep your mending pile.
Can’t make the event but have your mending pile all ready to go? You can always schedule a drop-off with us at our Church Hill studio location or Eco Inspired, our Southside drop-off and pick-up location. We even accept mail-in mending!
Invite friends through our Facebook event!
This is a FREE event, with no registration required.
Our studio is located at 401 N 23rd St. in the Church Hill neighborhood of Richmond, VA. There is typically ample street parking within a block or two.
Accessibility: There is a 5” step up to enter our sewing studio.
Open Studio
Open Studio is a monthly walk-in day where you can drop off your mending pile, have a single item with a simple repair -aka mini mend- fixed on the spot, or check us out to see what we're all about!
They typically are the second Saturday of the month from 11am - 3pm with a summer break in July. We LOVE meeting new people, sew don't be shy and come say hi!
Follow us on Instagram for any updates or changes to the schedule.
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Mini-mends will be available based on busyness levels. If you have a single item that needs one small mend (i.e. missing button, hook, tack, or tear *on seam*), we will do our best to fix it on the spot.
If it's busy, you may want to walk over to one of our amazing neighbors like Union Market or Pizza Bones, to have lunch while you wait.
Please prep any item you have as listed below in How to Prep Your Pile.
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Be sure to prep your pile by washing your clothing, marking the damaged areas (next to / not on top of) with tape, safety pins or a detailed note.
Pop those clean items into a tote or grocery bag and label it with your name and contact info. Now you are all set to swing by!
**Remember, anything with moth holes MUST be put in a ziplock bag in the freezer for a minimum of 72hrs before drop off. Please bring these item(s) still inside their ziplocks- thank you!!
Are you a business with a passion for sustainability, reuse, or skill-sharing?
We would love to talk about hosting your business at an upcoming pop-up. Please reach out if you are interested or have a recommendation for who we should feature next at ‘Top Stitch & Friends’!