wrenbirdarts

Visible mending projects, hands-on workshops and modern mending supplies. Welcome to wrenbirdarts!

What you will find here is a collection of mending and embroidery supplies, kits, and workshops. wrenbirdarts is owned by Erin Eggenburg, and was started in 2012 as a hand embroidered hankies business. These days wrenbirdarts focuses on mending workshops and supplies. Please visit wrenbirdarts.com to shop, sign up for workshops, and for lots of mending resources.

06/15/2026

Open a Shibori piece with me! I almost didn’t post because of the dreaded angle, but f-it! I love opening these little bundles, and wanted to share with you all as it happened!

06/14/2026

So many unknowns still. I spent hours marking, stitching, pulling, and knitting this scrap piece of cotton, as an ori nui Shibori sampler, without knowing exactly how it will look at the end.
The next step is to dye with indigo which will take anywhere from a few days to a couple of weeks depending on how deep of an indigo color I want.
Big thanks to Reina for such an in depth class!

06/12/2026

Lately. . .
-feeling sentimental about my sweatshirt
-dreading the heat
-learning about and practicing Shibori techniques with
-knitting Bonnie & Clyde by Isabell Kraemer and Ritual Kerchief by Caitlin Hunter. Ready for my next project!
-next mend compliments of Harry the cat.

04/29/2026

I’m excited to share that I’ll be presenting over .zen next week! And you can join too, for free. Give yourself a little mid-day stitch break!
Link in my B 👁️ Oh! If you join through the affiliate link, it sends a few bucks my way if you purchase the recordings later!

04/27/2026

I came home from vacation and got sick, thinking it was just jet lag, until I lost my taste for coffee and weird ideas for stitches came through. I’m glad I listened to the creative urge/fever dreams. Now than I’m on the mend, these scribble stitches are a blurred memory.

04/18/2026

Japan! We have a couple more days here, but what an experience it’s been! Trains, walking, look up, look down, the luck of seeing Junko Oki’s gallery show in person, an insider tip from Lindsey, for which I will always be grateful, replica food, the most beautiful trees, and, of course, cats! I’ll be home soon, but in the meantime, a little peek at what ive been up to.

04/13/2026

We made it to Japan and spent the 1st day in Nippori in Fabric Town, a mile of sewing shops. I fell in love with this colorful variegated thread, and couldn’t help but buy a few extra skeins. I’m back in my room, scheming about embroidering something on this well-worn shirt.

03/22/2026

You guys, I had so much fun making a puppet this weekend! This fun workshop snapped me into creative mode, developing a character and a backstory. Originally I had planned on making a tomato, but after realizing that smoothness was a challenge I was not up to, a potato was born! This guy, Jimothy, has many eyes and a few sprouts. I’m thinking I may need to make more veggie friends, and he won’t be so grouchy.

03/12/2026

First look at a new project! At the start of 2026 I joined a Banned Bookclub. The 1st selection was Fahrenheit 451, followed by “Handmaid’s Tale”, and currently “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings”. While this is heavy reading for current times, these old books hit so differently right now.
And the shirt-more on this later-but I dripped some oil on the b0ob area, and it’s Very noticeable, so here we go!

03/06/2026

Last summer’s dried marigolds steeped like tea and strained becomes a sunny yellow. I added a scrap of cotton, a doilie, embroidery and sashiko threads to a big pot, and let the color work its magic over a few days. Of course I peeked a lot in between. The green threads were dyed with indigo before adding them to the pot.

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Portland, OR
97086-97299

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http://wrenbirdarts.com/

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