TTOT189 Mending as Embroidery: A history of beautiful stitch repair
Cultural and Dress Historian, Kate Sekules
Wednesday 28 January 2026, 7pm UK
One of the most creative embroidery formats is the practical kind that also preserves valuable or sentimental cloth. Visible mending is a modern trend but has a hidden history as long as that of textile itself.
Mending scholar, author, and teacher Kate Sekules explores forgotten pathways of repair from the neolithic to the Iron Age and into the future. Meet Kate to find out more about this timeless and fascinating subject.
Kate researches and teaches mending as an academic and practical discipline. She is completing her doctoral dissertation, A History and Theory of Mending at Bard Graduate Center, NYC. She is assistant professor of fashion history at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, and of “Mending Fashion” at Parsons School of Design (BA) and BGC (MA).
Kate has presented research at over two dozen symposia internationally, lectures widely and runs frequent events and repair clinics. She is author of MEND! A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto (Penguin, 2020).
Image credit: Sara Kerens
Supporting the RSN
The minimum requested donation for this talk is £8.50 per person, but you may donate a higher value of your choosing if you wish. Please note that Gift Aid (UK tax payers only) is only applicable for donations over £8.50. As a charity, we are very grateful for any support you can give us to put towards the RSN's essential costs. Thank you.
Important Information
This event is a LIVE online talk at the given date and time and will last between approximately 60-90 minutes including questions and answers. You will need access to a suitable computer (with audio/video), tablet or smartphone device. You will receive your personalised Zoom invite no later than 24 hours before the event (3 hours if booked on the day). Your Zoom invite is unique to you and should not be shared, otherwise you may be unable to view the Talk. We recommend that you download and install the Zoom app on your device in advance of the Talk.
Attendees Outside the UK
This Talk will run from 7pm to approximately 8:30pm (19:00 to 20:30 hours) UK local time. If you are outside of the UK please check your local time, particularly if your location changes to/from Daylight Savings Time on a different schedule to the UK during March/April. To check and convert times please visit TimeAndDate.com.
For details on further RSN Talk events please visit our Online Talks page.
Cultural and Dress Historian, Kate Sekules
Wednesday 28 January 2026, 7pm UK
One of the most creative embroidery formats is the practical kind that also preserves valuable or sentimental cloth. Visible mending is a modern trend but has a hidden history as long as that of textile itself.
Mending scholar, author, and teacher Kate Sekules explores forgotten pathways of repair from the neolithic to the Iron Age and into the future. Meet Kate to find out more about this timeless and fascinating subject.
Kate researches and teaches mending as an academic and practical discipline. She is completing her doctoral dissertation, A History and Theory of Mending at Bard Graduate Center, NYC. She is assistant professor of fashion history at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, and of “Mending Fashion” at Parsons School of Design (BA) and BGC (MA).
Kate has presented research at over two dozen symposia internationally, lectures widely and runs frequent events and repair clinics. She is author of MEND! A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto (Penguin, 2020).
Image credit: Sara Kerens
Supporting the RSN
The minimum requested donation for this talk is £8.50 per person, but you may donate a higher value of your choosing if you wish. Please note that Gift Aid (UK tax payers only) is only applicable for donations over £8.50. As a charity, we are very grateful for any support you can give us to put towards the RSN’s essential costs. Thank you.
Important Information
This event is a LIVE online talk at the given date and time and will last between approximately 60-90 minutes including questions and answers. You will need access to a suitable computer (with audio/video), tablet or smartphone device. You will receive your personalised Zoom invite no later than 24 hours before the event (3 hours if booked on the day). Your Zoom invite is unique to you and should not be shared, otherwise you may be unable to view the Talk. We recommend that you download and install the Zoom app on your device in advance of the Talk.
Attendees Outside the UK
This Talk will run from 7pm to approximately 8:30pm (19:00 to 20:30 hours) UK local time. If you are outside of the UK please check your local time, particularly if your location changes to/from Daylight Savings Time on a different schedule to the UK during March/April. To check and convert times please visit TimeAndDate.com.
For details on further RSN Talk events please visit our Online Talks page.
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