@patch_pop

We are a collective of amateur makers and menders committed to promoting repair and reuse of clothing. Currently popping up @uochester, soon around Chester

Joined February 2019
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It was fab to be back with our patch packs yesterday at @uochester. We taught some basic sewing skills and helped with some fancy customisation. Was particularly nice to do this in front of @AmyTwiggerH's wonderful #fashionfictions World Tour exhibition.
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We are at Chester Forum today as part of @BeingHumanFest #BeingHuman2022 An Archive of Stitches event with Prof Deborah Wynne @UoCEnglish, Dr Rebecca Collins @chestergeog and Helen Blank from Chester Business School. We're here until 3 so bring us your mends! #repair #mending
Red pop-up banner stand advertising a clothing repair organisation called the Pop-Up Patch Challenge

ALT Red pop-up banner stand advertising a clothing repair organisation called the Pop-Up Patch Challenge

Posters describing a research project exploring young adults clothing consumption

ALT Posters describing a research project exploring young adults clothing consumption

A room full of people listening to a talk given by a young woman dressed in nineteenth century English clothing

ALT A room full of people listening to a talk given by a young woman dressed in nineteenth century English clothing

A young woman dressed in Victorian clothing gives a talk to an audience of women

ALT A young woman dressed in Victorian clothing gives a talk to an audience of women

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PUPC is most excited to see sashiko mending on @sewingbee tonight!
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Lots more mends from today - buttons reattached, seams re-sewn and hems hitched! Thanks for having us @UoCVolunteering 馃榿
A large brown button that has been reattached to a brown tweed coat

ALT A large brown button that has been reattached to a brown tweed coat

A lady's hands, covered in pink wrist-warmers, hold the seam of some blue trousers with pink spots. She is demonstrating how to repair the hole in the seam.

ALT A lady's hands, covered in pink wrist-warmers, hold the seam of some blue trousers with pink spots. She is demonstrating how to repair the hole in the seam.

Two hands hold the hem of a grey skirt as the dropped hem is being mended.

ALT Two hands hold the hem of a grey skirt as the dropped hem is being mended.

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Excellent toe-darning in progress. This is an awkward mend, as we haven't had access to a small darning mushroom - a glue stick is doing the job(ish)!
A stripy cotton sock with a large hole in the big toe

ALT A stripy cotton sock with a large hole in the big toe

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It's great to be back with our first on-campus Pop-Up Patch Challenge of the year! Sock-darning, hem-mending, denim-patching... It's all going on! Bring us your repairs!
A group of people sat together outdoors doing clothing repairs

ALT A group of people sat together outdoors doing clothing repairs

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We're teaming up with @UoCVolunteering and Peer Mentoring for our pop-up event next week. Can't wait to get mending 馃 #mendmarch
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Darn done! 馃榿
Woollen sock with darned section

ALT Woollen sock with darned section

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Anyone who patches, darns or otherwise fixes with us will be able to take home a mini repair kit, complete with one of our new PUPC labels! 馃榿
Strips of embroidered name tapes reading Pop-up Patch Challenge, with red type on white fabric

ALT Strips of embroidered name tapes reading Pop-up Patch Challenge, with red type on white fabric

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Warming up for our first in-person #popuppatchchallenge since the start of the pandemic with a little light sock darning. If you're at Exton Park @uochester on 17 March, pop over to Grosvenor and bring your loose buttons, dropped hems or other garment gripes - we can help!
Photo of the heel of a woolen sock being darned with cream coloured yarn

ALT Photo of the heel of a woolen sock being darned with cream coloured yarn

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