Kate Sekules is doing #MendMarch 2026 on Instagram and We're Here For It!

Mend March 2026

This is the year we’ve vowed to care better for our clothes. Sometimes this entails sending things out to an expert — taking in pants, or resoling shoes, for example. But other times we can add a bit of DIY into the mix. Or perhaps, DIT — Do It Together! Because Mending March is back, and Kate Sekules is once again starting the party on Instagram.

Now in its 9th year (11th if you count the two MendMays), the premise is simple: find something in your mending pile — or off the street, in a forest, a store, a museum, a cat basket, wherever — that fits the day’s theme, however loosely. Tag it with that day’s microtag, and you’re part of the party. Do one, do thirty-one, it’s all good. Don’t be literal if you’re not feeling it, but do play along. And don’t forget the best part: comment on everyone’s posts.

Pressed for time? Try #MendMarchette

New this year, MendMarchette is Kate’s “low carb speed dating option” — a weekly rather than daily mend. Same spirit, less pressure. Kate herself is going the MendMarchette route this year. The weekly schedule –and microtags– runs like this:

March 1–7: #MendMarchTogether
March 8–14: #MendMarchIceOut — or #MendMarchNiceClout
(“clout” being the olden word for patch, making this the week for you patchwork lovers)
March 15–21: #Mendspiration
March 22–28: #Mixed
March 29: #Heart
March 31: #BigFinish

ALL the tags!

Kate is emphatic about using the microtags: Instagram’s “curation” buries smaller, newer contributions under the main #MendMarch feed, so the microtags are how you make sure your work actually gets seen.

For all the details, follow @VisibleMend on Instagram.

And if you need a little help get Kate’s book MEND! A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto

A hands-on manual and a history and celebration of clothes tending–and its remarkable resurgence as art form, political statement, and path to healing the planet.

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