ReFashion Sewdown Showcase Sunday, April 27, 5:30-7:30 Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
A whole new format! A new student challenge, too!
This year the artists are participating in an all-day sewing blitz that takes place at BIMA from 10am-5:30pm, using a curated box of clean scrap pieces, upholstery samples, and deadstock textiles otherwise destined for landfills.
In addition, students are presenting the results of their jeans and t-shirt challenge, where they were tasked with unsewing and remaking jeans and a t-shirt to create new styles.
The public may arrive at 5:30 for appetizers and drinks. The show runs 6:30-7:30. Get tickets here.
ReFashion Bainbridge Partner: Department of Ecology Unraveling the Textile Industry for a Regenerative Washington is a four-part series designed to build on itself or stand-alone.
Every person along the textile value chain has a vital perspective in finding a solution to this undeniable problem and is welcome to attend. So, this is your call to action to break down silos, find each other and empower a unified voice that will build a resilient textile industry here in Washington. Come and join us by clicking on each date above to open the Zoom registration links. Or find the links on our Advisory Board webpage with the button below. Speaker agendas will be announced in the coming weeks.
ReFashion Bainbridge Partner: Remakery Remaker Fair Tacoma Main Library 102 Tacoma Av S, Tacoma, WA 98402 April 19, 11am-4pm > Play with all things creative reuse. > Make beeswax wraps. > Bring jeans and t-shirts to swap (any condition). Pick up a patch. > Contribute to community art. > Learn about plastic recycling. > Create beautiful jewelry. > Sew an adorable slug. > Recycle paper with Write253. > Repair stuff with Tacoma Tool Library. ~~ Plus so much more ~~ All materials provided at this free event.
ReFashion Bainbridge Partner: Remakery Summer camps Tacoma Main Library 102 Tacoma Av S, Tacoma, WA 98402 Various dates There will be two types of summer camps: 1) Scrappy Sewing Camp will teach intro to sewing machine skills and then create small sewing projects with scraps. 2) At Creative Cottages, kids will build a structure out of cardboard, decorate it and then fill it with tiny makes. Opportunities to play with needle felting, crochet, hand sewing, clay, shrinky dinks and more.
