UPCOMING EVENTS
Workshop: Inner Thigh Pants Repair on a Sewing Machine
Learn how to repair a frustrating but common form of damage to jeans and other pants- holes in the inner thigh area. We'll go over materials, filling and reinforcing the area, and ways to make your repairs as subtle as possible. Must be comfortable with the basics of a sewing machine (threading the machine, straight stitch, reverse). Materials will be provided for subtle repairs on blue jeans. Feel free to bring your own sewing machine, or you can use one of ours! Extra damaged pants will also be provided.
Mill Valley Repair Fair
Do you have a lamp, small appliance, textile, or bike in need of repair?
Bring it to the Repair Fair!
Volunteers and specialized repair professionals will be on-hand to repair your items. We ask that you stay with your item while it's being fixed and participate as much as you’d like!
Find all the details and link to register or volunteer here.
Container Swap + Refill Demo
Have some unused jars, boxes, or other containers that are too nice to get rid of? Looking for just the right container for something? Come to our container swap and refill event! Bring, clean, dry containers to trade, and learn how to upcycle, decorate, and label them! Intimidated by refills? Refill Mercantile will be on hand demonstrating with epsom salt (perfect for Mother’s Day gifting!) along with Oliver’s Market answering all your bulk aisle questions.
Sonoma Repair Fair
Do you have a lamp, small appliance, textile, or bike in need of repair?
Bring it to the Repair Fair!
Volunteers and specialized repair professionals will be on-hand to repair your items. We ask that you stay with your item while it's being fixed and participate as much as you’d like!
Find all the details and link to register or volunteer here
Workshop: Miniature Modding Wasteland Cars
Kitbashing is the process of taking different miniature sets, scraps and bits to build your own creations. This class will be themed around taking matchbox cars and turning them into mad-max style wasteland vehicles! This is a creative social gathering in which to design your own project with facilitator support. Base cars and all additional modding materials will be provided, but feel free to bring any special materials you wish to include in your creations.
San Anselmo Repair Fair
Do you have a lamp, small appliance, textile, or bike in need of repair?
Bring it to the Repair Fair!
Volunteers and specialized repair professionals will be on-hand to repair your items. We ask that you stay with your item while it's being fixed and participate as much as you’d like!
Find all the details and link to register or volunteer here.
Workshop: Lamp Repair 101
Come learn the basics of lamp repair! We will cover safety and how to disassemble and reassemble (repair) a standard table or floor lamp with a standard size bulb, including troubleshooting the most common lamp issues. An example lamp will be provided, but if you have a broken lamp, bring it to work on! All other needed materials will also be provided.
Corte Madera Repair Fair
Do you have a lamp, small appliance, textile, or bike in need of repair?
Bring it to the Repair Fair!
Volunteers and specialized repair professionals will be on-hand to repair your items. We ask that you stay with your item while it's being fixed and participate as much as you’d like!
Find all the details and link to register or volunteer here.
Bike Repair 101: Frame, Cockpit, Tires, and Wheels
Come learn how to troubleshoot, adjust, repair and maintain bikes. We’ll cover basic mechanical techniques, wheels & tires, drivetrain, brakes and how it all works together. This workshop is for beginners, all you need is confidence and a little mechanical aptitude. We’ll provide tools, supplies and a lab bike we’ll work on.
This session will cover general mechanical techniques and concepts, frame and cockpit, tires and wheels.
Sebastopol Repair Fair
Do you have a lamp, small appliance, textile, or bike in need of repair?
Bring it to the Repair Fair!
Volunteers and specialized repair professionals will be on-hand to repair your items. We ask that you stay with your item while it's being fixed and participate as much as you’d like!
Find all the details and link to register or volunteer here
Workshop: Fabric Scrap Art
Use your itty bitty fabric scraps and a sewing machine to create new panels of fun, decorative fabric that you can use to make bags, trivets, and more. Some basic experience with a sewing machine is helpful, but sewing beginners are welcome. All materials will be provided, but feel free to bring your own scraps!
Soldering 101: Electrical Connections
Come learn the basics of how to make electrical connections, and how to solder! Electrical soldering is a crucial skill for repairing electrical components and can save you money and help keep e-waste out of landfills. We will cover safety, electricity basics, supplies, and best practices. All materials will be provided.
Workshop: Crochet Fabric Scrap Rugs
Discover how to transform old clothing and textiles into a one-of-a-kind scrap rug using cotton yarn and a crochet hook. In this two-hour workshop, you’ll learn how to make fabric yarn from secondhand materials and how to crochet around the fabric to bind it into a sturdy, finished rug. Bring your own textiles or select from our provided materials. Beginner crochet experience is helpful, but not required.
Bike Repair 101: Brakes, Drivetrain, & Shifting
Come learn how to troubleshoot, adjust, repair and maintain bikes. We’ll cover basic mechanical techniques, wheels & tires, drivetrain, brakes and how it all works together. This workshop is for beginners, all you need is confidence and a little mechanical aptitude. We’ll provide tools, supplies and a lab bike we’ll work on.
This session will cover brakes, and drivetrain & shifting service.
This session will cover general mechanical techniques and concepts, frame and cockpit, tires and wheels.
Marin City Repair Fair
Do you have a lamp, small appliance, textile, or bike in need of repair?
Bring it to the Repair Fair!
Volunteers and specialized repair professionals will be on-hand to repair your items. We ask that you stay with your item while it's being fixed and participate as much as you’d like!
Find all the details and link to register or volunteer here.
Fairfax Repair Fair
Do you have a lamp, small appliance, textile, or bike in need of repair?
Bring it to the Repair Fair!
Volunteers and specialized repair professionals will be on-hand to repair your items. We ask that you stay with your item while it's being fixed and participate as much as you’d like!
Find all the details and link to register or volunteer here.
Workshop: Trash Printmaking
Learn the basics of printmaking using repurposed everyday materials and trash! In this 2 hour workshop, we will explore the fundamentals of monotype and relief printmaking and demonstrate how these techniques can easily be achieved at home with found materials. Participants will have access to a variety of supplies to create a Mother’s Day card or any other design they’d like to print.
Instructor: Joanne Wang
Workshop: Miniature Modding Wasteland Cars
Kitbashing is the process of taking different miniature sets, scraps and bits to build your own creations. This class will be themed around taking matchbox cars and turning them into mad-max style wasteland vehicles! This is a creative social gathering in which to design your own project with facilitator support. Base cars and all additional modding materials will be provided, but feel free to bring any special materials you wish to include in your creations.
Prerequisites: Ability to safely use sharp tools like exacto knives
Instructor: Dakota Summer
Windsor Repair Fair
Do you have a lamp, small appliance, textile, or bike in need of repair?
Bring it to the Repair Fair!
Volunteers and specialized repair professionals will be on-hand to repair your items. We ask that you stay with your item while it's being fixed and participate as much as you’d like!
Find all the details and link to register or volunteer here
Introduction to the Sewing Machine
Learn the basics of using a sewing machine by making a simple tote bag, customized to your preferences. If you plan to use a particular sewing machine, bring it in, working or not. If you have some fabric you'd like to use, bring it in.
Instructor: Walter Coole
Hub Half Birthday Party
Join us for the Reuse Hub’s Half Birthday and Volunteer Appreciation Party! We will also be launching creative reuse sales at the Reuse Hub on this date. Come celebrate with us and shop our inventory of secondhand sewing supplies!
We will also have some exciting fiber arts demonstrations happening at this event:
creating and crocheting with t-shirt yarn
weaving with fabric strips
spinning fabric cord
and more to come!
Cotati Repair Fair
Do you have a lamp, small appliance, textile, or bike in need of repair?
Bring it to the Repair Fair!
Volunteers and specialized repair professionals will be on-hand to repair your items. We ask that you stay with your item while it's being fixed and participate as much as you’d like!
Find all the details and link to register or volunteer here
Reuse Roundtable - Summit Recap Edition
We will get together for informal and lightly facilitated discussion to share take-ways and go deeper on topics from both the Repair + Share Summit and the NCRA Recycling Update.
Light refreshments will be served.
Resell Workshop : Level up Your Online Shopping and Selling Skills
Think you know how to thrift online, but feel like you can’t find what you need? Want to learn how to sell as effectively as you shop? Come learn what you don’t know about new apps and tools for shopping secondhand online and tips and tricks for searching and selling.
Bring a few items and we'll help you style, photograph and list them!
Spring Swap
Celebrate the beginning of spring with us at the Reuse Hub!
Bring in clean, gently used clothing and craft supplies to swap and find some new pieces to refresh your wardrobe and creative energy.
While you’re here, make an adorable clothespin craft to take home!
West Contra Costa County Repair Fair
Do you have a lamp, small appliance, textile, or bike in need of repair?
Bring it to the Repair Fair!
Volunteers and specialized repair professionals will be on-hand to repair your items. We ask that you stay with your item while it's being fixed and participate as much as you’d like!
Find all the details and link to register or volunteer here
San Geronimo Repair Fair
Do you have a lamp, small appliance, textile, or bike in need of repair?
Bring it to the Repair Fair!
Volunteers and specialized repair professionals will be on-hand to repair your items. We ask that you stay with your item while it's being fixed and participate as much as you’d like!
Find all the details and link to register or volunteer here.
Basics of Mending and Patching by Hand
This is an introductory class on the basics of clothing repair, focusing on non-stretch woven fabrics. We will go over selection of materials, hand sewing techniques, and multiple ways to sew a patch with a decorative flair. No prior sewing experience necessary! Participants are welcome to bring a damaged garment to work on, but samples and fabric to work with will also be provided.
Instructor: Emily Robinson
Cloverdale Repair Fair
Do you have a lamp, small appliance, textile, or bike in need of repair?
Bring it to the Repair Fair!
Volunteers and specialized repair professionals will be on-hand to repair your items. We ask that you stay with your item while it's being fixed and participate as much as you’d like!
Find all the details and link to register or volunteer here
Creative Reuse Centers Roundtable - Q1 2026
Join us on February 26th at 10am PST / 1pm EST for a virtual Creative Reuse Center Roundtable facilitated by Reuse Alliance. Connect with and learn from other Creative Reuse Centers across the country.
Because reuse is stronger together.
Introduction to the Sewing Machine
Learn the basics of using a sewing machine by making a simple tote bag, customized to your preferences. If you plan to use a particular sewing machine, bring it in, working or not. If you have some fabric you'd like to use, bring it in.
Instructor: Walter Coole
Workshop: Woven Darning
Woven darning is an excellent way to repair many types of fabric, especially knits.
We’ll learn how to select materials and set up the darn, how to weave a stable patch, and many elements of design to make your patch stand out. Participants are welcome to bring a garment to work on, but samples and practice pieces will also be provided. No prior experience necessary!
Instructor: Emily Robinson
Petaluma Repair Fair
Do you have a lamp, small appliance, textile, or bike in need of repair?
Bring it to the Repair Fair!
Volunteers and specialized repair professionals will be on-hand to repair your items. We ask that you stay with your item while it's being fixed and participate as much as you’d like!
Find all the details and link to register or volunteer here
Gorgeous Junk Valentines
Join us for an afternoon session of making beautiful valentine cards from a rich variety of reclaimed papers, notions and ephemera. We’ll provide simple instructions for a technique for making woven paper hearts, and all the tools and materials needed to make and take home a half dozen lovely ready-to-mail cards.
Instructor: Stella Allison
Sausalito Repair Fair
Do you have a lamp, small appliance, textile, or bike in need of repair?
Bring it to the Repair Fair!
Volunteers and specialized repair professionals will be on-hand to repair your items. We ask that you stay with your item while it's being fixed and participate as much as you’d like!
Find all the details and link to register or volunteer here.
Healdsburg Repair Fair
Do you have a lamp, small appliance, textile, or bike in need of repair?
Bring it to the Repair Fair!
Volunteers and specialized repair professionals will be on-hand to repair your items. We ask that you stay with your item while it's being fixed and participate as much as you’d like!
Find all the details and link to register or volunteer here
Workshop: Reverse Applique with T-Shirts
Create something beautiful from old t-shirts using reverse appliqué, a sewing technique where multiple layers of fabric are sewn together, and the top layer is cut away to reveal the fabric underneath. Using only hand sewing techniques we will learn how to plan and stitch reverse appliqué designs while making a small coaster to take home. This class is suitable for sewing beginners. Materials will be provided, but you are welcome to bring two contrasting -shirts to cut up.
San Rafael Repair Fair
Do you have a lamp, small appliance, textile, or bike in need of repair?
Bring it to the Repair Fair!
Volunteers and specialized repair professionals will be on-hand to repair your items. We ask that you stay with your item while it's being fixed and participate as much as you’d like!
Find all the details and link to register or volunteer here.
Workshop: Converting a Speaker to Bluetooth
Come learn how to convert a vintage speaker into a Bluetooth
enabled speaker with Roger the Gadget Guy.
Bring your own speaker or we will provide one. No electronics
or soldering skills required! Class includes all tools and materials needed to convert one speaker.
Workshop: Reusable Gift Wrapping
There are so many ways to wrap your gifts in reuse. From buying wrapping paper at your local thrift store or creative reuse center, to repurposing maps and blueprints, to stamping your own. Or wrap your gift in a gift with a reusable fabric gift bag or wrap. Come learn how to do all these types and more! Bring your gifts and get them all wrapped at once in a festive atmosphere at the Reuse Hub!
Novato Repair Fair
Do you have a lamp, small appliance, textile, or bike in need of repair?
Bring it to the Repair Fair!
Volunteers and specialized repair professionals will be on-hand to repair your items. We ask that you stay with your item while it's being fixed and participate as much as you’d like!
Find all the details and link to register or volunteer here.
Workshop: Reusable Gift Wrapping
There are so many ways to wrap your gifts in reuse. From buying wrapping paper at your local thrift store or creative reuse center, to repurposing maps and blueprints, to stamping your own. Or wrap your gift in a gift with a reusable fabric gift bag or wrap.
Come learn how to do all these types and more! Bring your gifts and get it all done at once in a festive atmosphere. Includes unlimited paper and one fabric wrap (more available for purchase)
Learn to Crochet: Reusable Cotton Rounds
Learn the basics of crochet and create a set of reusable cotton rounds—perfect for face scrubbies or toner pads.
We’ll guide you step-by-step through the foundational crochet stitches and share helpful techniques for crafting your own handmade pieces. Crochet hooks and cotton yarn will be provided, or bring your own.
Workshop: Fabric Baskets from Scraps
Learn to sew old garments or fabric scraps into nesting fabric baskets!
This project incorporates machine and hand sewing, participants are welcome to bring their own machine to use (we will have two machines to share). Various fabrics will be provided. Feel free to bring your own fabric scraps, fabric must hold a crisp fold when pressed.
Black Friday Craft Supply Swap
Join us at the Reuse Hub from 12:30-3:30pm on Black Friday for a craft supply swap! If you have craft materials of any kind that you're not using- fabric, yarn, paints, thread, etc- feel free to bring them to contribute. You never know what item you'll find that inspires your next upcycled art project.
We'll also be making star ornaments out of damaged book pages, a craft you can do again and again with scrap paper. We hope to see you there and spend some crafty time in community together!
Santa Rosa Repair Fair
Do you have a lamp, small appliance, textile, or bike in need of repair?
Bring it to the Repair Fair!
Volunteers and specialized repair professionals will be on-hand to repair your items. We ask that you stay with your item while it's being fixed and participate as much as you’d like!
Find all the details and link to register or volunteer here.