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Recycled Clothing 101

April 28, 2008 |

I recently watched this TV show called “The Human Footprint”. It was a whole documentary on what we consume, use and throw away as humans in our lifetime. It was scary- seriously. Especially how much clothing we will purchase, wear, wash, outgrow and throw away in our lifetime. A lot!

Taking clothing that you already have and refashioning it into something fun that you’ll adore and wear is such the new thing! And I am so excited!

Ever since I was first made to wear my first hideous bridesmaid dress back in the 80’s, I’ve always loved taking apart pieces and reworking them into something fabulous. Although the throw pillows I made from that awful pink taffeta are long gone, classes on Recycling Clothing are alive and well to get the imagination going what to do with all those items you no longer wear.

Recycled Sewing Classes around the US:

I teach a fun class called Recycled Clothing Fun at the super crafty DIY Lounge in Portland, OR. This class focuses on a project using a few men’s shirts and making them into a fun skirt. I’ll be teaching this class on August 2nd, 2008.

Make Workshop in New York City offers lots of cool classes. They have a special DIY class on recycling your tee shirts with Megan Nicolay author of Generation T.

The Indianapolis Museum of Art has some fantastic Art and Craft classes. DeConstruct: ReConstruct taught by Artist Cat Chow will teach you numerous ways to repurpose old clothing. The next class is May 4th.

Stonemountain & Daughter Fabrics in Berkeley, CA offers Recycled Clothing - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!

If you know of any Recycled Clothing Sewing Classes in your area, please let me know!

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  1. Linda Lanese on April 30, 2008 5:55 am

    Cute skirt Candi!

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