Upskill and Upcycle Course

Looking to learn how to repair and upcycle textiles at home? Join this upskill and upcycle course in Melbourne! For this course, no prior sewing skills are required, all you need is a hate for landfill and a thirst to bring materials back to life.Over the five weeks, we cover a handful of practical textile repair and customisation skills so you can fix and style existing garments. These techniques are great for repairs but also lend themselves to styling and embellishing a wide variety of waste materials.Once we've got these techniques on the tool belt, we guide you through the sizing, utility, and order of assembly for your perfect tote bag or market bag. Following our pattern guidelines, you have full control over the specifications of the design and process, so you can learn the decisions and troubleshooting required when working with various waste materials (including, but not limited to textiles, tarps, banners, plastics). Yum.Over the five weeks, you learn the following skills:1. Fundamental sewing and repair skills:

• How to operate, thread, and troubleshoot a domestic sewing machine
• Sewing and joining seams on various (trash) materials
• Straps from scraps. How to sew straps from various materials
• Hemming (pants, legs, etc)
• Domestic Machine Repair Techniques (mending splits or reinforcing worn textiles)
• Applique and Reverse Applique (patching and restyling holes)

2. Fundamental textile upcycling techniques:

• Decorative Stitches and Embellishment (add pattern, style, and texture to repairs)
• Creating sewable patches from waste materials
• Pattern guidelines for customisable tote bag/market bag

Each week consists of one two-hour class for five weeks. Each class focuses on a different learning outcome so you can continue to tackle waste with your projects at home.Who it's for:

• This class is for beginner to intermediate sewers. Maybe you remember sewing years ago but want to brush up on your skills, maybe you've never sewn before but you want to bring some of your wardrobe back to life. Either way, we cover the fundamentals of sewing while ensuring there's ample time for creativity and refining skills so you can repair garments and create at home.
• All of our courses are designed to meet you at your current skill level. If you're new to sewing, we will guide you through fundamental processes. If you're more experienced, we can push you for a more complex design and manufacturing process.

Note: All leftover textiles and offcuts are externally recycled with UPPAREL.Cancellations. We offer a refund policy up until 7 days prior to the semester starting. If the cancellation is within this 7-day window, we will release the ticket and refund your amount pending its resale. No refunds will be processed once the semester has started.

• Repair technique swatches and samples
• Customisable tote bag/market bag pattern
• Your badass custom-designed tote
• Snacks provided

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