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‘A mending circle in Ithaca helps foster community through sewing’ (Audio & Text)
WSKG | By Aurora Berry
Published January 31, 2024 at 11:14 PM EST
““I think the social aspect of being together and sharing stories, either about the garment or what is happening in their lives, is easier when you have something in your hands that you can work with.”
It’s a sense of community that goes back generations.
Zoe Van Nostrand is new to the mending circle. Her father taught her how to sew and he was taught by his mother.
Her family was thrilled to see the tradition continue.
“Pretty much all the elders on both sides of my family got so excited that one of the grandchildren wanted to sew,” she said. “I inherited the sewing trunks of four or five different grandmothers.””
