Open quilt-making sessions on Mondays and Fridays at SewGreen!

Let’s gather, stitch, and use our creativity as we fashion a community Mending quilt. The Mending Project* is a six-week residency organized by the Program of Dance and Movement and sponsored by the University of Rochester in collaboration with community.

Philadelphia multidisciplinary artist mike durkin will conduct sharing circles while participants make the their own quilt squares. Conversation topics would revolve around mending in various contexts.  Durkin will provide materials to make the quilt squares (or bring your own!), demonstrate mending techniques , and share examples of previous quilts. While techniques will be based in tradition, experimentation with patterns, design, and construction will be inherent to all sessions.

Community sessions will take place at SewGreen, a non-profit organization that states in its mission that they, “strive to increase the self-sufficiency of Rochester’s young people and adults by teaching them the skills of sewing, knitting, needlework, and supplying the tools and materials they need at low to no cost … sewing materials donated by the community, SewGreen@Rochester provides everything area residents need to learn to sew and practice needlework skills in a safe and friendly environment”. 

Quilting sessions are free and open to the public.  

Mondays 10 am – noon

Fridays 2-4 pm

**Starting Monday, September 23 until Friday, November 1st**

For more information about open sessions contact: Jane Beck ( beckjane@gmail.com) or Associate Professor, Anne Harris Wilcox (awilcoxh@ur.rochester.edu).