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Remake Your Clothes

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Narda Campbell is a fibre artist who plays with colour and form using fabric, thread and dye.  

 

Her faith touches the way she teaches - we have a creative God who has created us, so each of us is creative in different ways.
There is no such thing as a non-creative person - just one who hasn't found their medium.


Teaching gives her great joy and she loves seeing people who thought they couldn't do it, start to think outside the 'square'.

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Remake Your Clothes - pm

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Rediscover and remake your clothes by hand.  
Take clothes you already have to give them a new lease of life by splitting seams, adding fabric, dyeing/over-dyeing and adding textures. 
We do it all by hand - no sewing machine required. 
Includes darning skills & simple repairs.

Don't know how to stitch a seam by hand, sew on a button? Is that waistline too floppy? Learn how to insert elastic at the back so it fits. This elective is for you!

Explore dyeing and hand stitching to give old favourites a new lease of life, as well as the ancient Japanese darning / patching practice of BORO.

We will also be doing some resist dyeing this year using flour paste & fabric paint / thickened dye.

Come & relove your clothes.

 

YOU WILL NEED

  • Table space to spread out clothing

  • Running water

  • Washing machine & washing line or dryer

  • Good source of light for stitching

 

YOU WILL NEED TO GATHER

  • Clothes to be assessed & repaired

  • Pins

  • Salt for dyeing (table or Cooking salt)

  • Paintbrushes, fine permanent markers or fabric markers.

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YOU WILL BE SENT

  • Written notes

  • Darning equipment including darning egg, thread snips, a selection of needles, a selection of specialty fabrics for patching & appliqué

  • Soda Ash for the dyeing session

  • Cassava flour for the flour resist session

  • Citric acid

  • A small set of food colouring

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YOU WILL NEED TO BUY

  • Old clothing to be used for weaving, patching, buttons, etc (op shops can be a great source)

  • Thread or cotton of your choice - that blends or contrasts with the pieces to be used.

  • Dye - Rit or Dylon - colours of your choice - $8 dry powder or $14 bottle of liquid (Spotlight or www.scrapdragon.com.au)

  • OR use Acrylic paint you already have - you will need some fabric fixative (Spotlight)

  • OR fabric paint you already have at home


 

Additional Fee: $70

Max & min numbers apply, make sure you indicate a second choice for afternoon elective when registering in case your first choice is unavailable

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