Spokane's first Mend-It Cafe event encourages residents to repair damaged clothes in lieu of trashing them

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Spokane seamstress Beth LaBar teaches mending skills at Art Salvage.

Favorite shirt got a hole in it? Dress hem coming undone? Broken zipper on your jeans?

Organizers of Spokane’s first pop-up Mend-It Cafe invite people to “sew it, don’t throw it” by bringing clothing and other textiles in need of minor repairs to be fixed up by volunteer sewists.

A collaboration between Art Salvage Spokane and Spokane Zero Waste — both are nonprofits focused on sustainability and keeping usable materials out

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