Mending holes in trousers with the sewing machine

With the darning foot of the sewing machine and some fleece, you can repair unwanted holes in trousers so that you can enjoy them for years to come.

Course instructor: Viktoria Demiray, graduate designer with training at the Spengergasse Textile College, works as a freelance jewellery and textile designer in Vienna.

After the workshop, there will be an opportunity to visit the exhibition Who’s Wearing the Pants? accompanied by a cultural mediator from the museum. Whether precisely pressed or in a casual baggy look – they are a global phenomenon and seemingly familiar to us all. They are a symbol of cultural and social identity and the material for fashion statements: trousers.

From 25 March 2025, the Weltmuseum Wien will be taking a journey through 3,000 years of trouser history from all over the world in its new special exhibition Who’s Wearing the Pants? Treasures and many quirky finds from all the collections of the Weltmuseum Wien, the Theatermuseum, the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien and objects on loan from Austrian museums and international collections will be on display.

In cooperation with the Wiener Kunst Volkshochschule, selected courses will be held on the premises of the Weltmuseum Wien. You can find the entire Kunst VHS programme here: Programme Kunst VHS

Duration: 4 hrs.
Participation: € 48 (price for annual ticket holders: € 36)
Ticket/ Booking via the portal of the VHS Kunst: https://www.vhs.at/de/k/294706700 (VHS-Nr. 10646248)
The course price includes admission to the Weltmuseum Wien. If you have an annual ticket of the KHM-Museumsverband, please let Kunst VHS know so that you do not have to pay the entrance fee additionally: diekunstvhs@vhs.at / +43 1 891 74 154 000.
Participant information: Please bring thread in the colour of your trousers, a jeans needle for sewing machines, iron-on stabiliser (can be purchased from the course instructor), scissors and trousers.
Additional information: The course takes place with a minimum of 8 participants.
Meeting place: Hall of Columns