Join artist mai ide, a visual artist based in Portland, OR, for a relaxing day of Sashiko stitching — not just to learn a technique, but to explore the cultural significance of Sashiko. This workshop invites you into the world of traditional Japanese mending technique, where each stitch carries stories of sustainability, resilience, and healing. 

This is more than a craft workshop — it’s a space to reflect, connect, and embrace vulnerability. As we mend fabric, we also mend ourselves. Framed today through sustainability and slow craft movements, sashiko offers a tactile way to resist disposability by valuing maintenance, longevity, and thoughtful reuse. 

Each participant will learn one of the traditional Sashiko patterns and stitch together. After that, we will learn how to make one of the Sashiko patterns; it could be a coaster or for your torn garment to be used as a patch, this allows participants to learn how to do Sashiko mending on their garment. 

This Sashiko cloth becomes more than material; it carries history and, through mending, becomes part of a new story. 

Come join us!