Bring a mending project as we work on simple repairs with hand sewing skills.
Date:
Thursday, December 3, 2026
Location:
Fisher B Level Seminar Room
Audiences:
Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff
Campus:
Fisher Fine Arts Library
More information:
Fisher Library and Common Press present: Move Slow & Make Things!
Are you tired of the pressure to optimize everything? Do you crave space to slow down? Want more being, less doing?
Join us as we celebrate screen-free focus time, creativity, and connection at the Library.
- We will have basic sewing supplies if you need any.
- Beginning sewers welcome! We can give you some tips for your project and help you get started.
Event image credit: “Women sew sheets for new nursey.” Photograph. February 1, 1943. From: Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center, George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Collection. https://digital.library.temple.edu/digital/collection/p15037coll3/id/70420/rec/132 (accessed August 14, 2026).
