resewable's next sewing and socials event is on Saturday 17 May between 2-6pm at Church Unlimited at 35 Flinders Parade, North Lakes.
🧶🧷What to expect:
We repurpose old uniforms into awesome clothing for children in need on behalf of Qld charity Uniforms 4 Kids. Fabric, elastic and thread is supplied free by U4K. You can follow a supplied pattern or get creative and create your own designs or help us prepare the old uniforms for reuse.
You can create the clothing item(s) onsite or at home but the aim is to connect, have fun, share what you have created and give back to the community. Any clothing created is donated back to U4K, and the agency that supplied the uniforms will gift the clothing to children in need.
All sewing levels are welcome, including beginners who have never sewn before. If you are a beginner, we will help you to create a skirt for U4K from start to finish! Have a look at our photos to see what a brand new sewist can achieve in a couple of hours!
You can BYO project to work on such as your own sewing, knitting, crochet, embroidery, or we can help you get started.
🧶🧷What if I don't sew or do needlework?
This is a social event too! You are welcome to just hang out and connect with your community. If you want to learn to sew or do needlecraft, let us know and we can help with that too. Or you can debrand the uniform items or cut out really simple patterns for the sewists. We will find something for you to do if you want to get involved.
🧶🧷Who can join in?
Anyone aged 10 years+ is welcome to join in, so if you know of anyone who might be interested, please share the details with them. Children aged 10-17 years must be accompanied by a responsible adult at all times.
🧶🧷What equipment is available?
We will have two sewing machines and two overlockers available for use on the day, as well as the usual sewing accessories. If you are unsure how to use any of the equipment, we will help you!
🧶🧷What should I bring?
If you have your own sewing or needlework equipment, please bring it along if you are able to.
🧶🧷Do I need to bring drinks and snacks?
Water, DIY tea and coffee, and biscuits will be available.
BYO snacks and speciality coffee ☕ as the onsite cafe will be unavailable.
🧶🧷Is there parking?
Parking is available onsite or there is free street parking. Please don't park in a neighbouring business carpark.
🧶🧷Does this cost anything?
There is no entry fee. We want resewable to be free or really low cost to make it accessible to everyone.
Sewing for U4K is completely free as they supply all the material, elastic and thread.
Non U4K activities/projects may have a small cost to cover supplies but we will let you know before you start. We love repurposing and recycling so we try to source items from our favourite op shops, our own stashes and donations from supporters to keep the costs down.
DIY projects are subject to your individual budget.
resewable is self-funded, therefore, donations towards the costs of providing tea, coffee, biscuits, and sewing machine servicing are greatly appreciated.
🧶🧷Can I donate fabric, buttons, wool, cottons etc?
We provide a stash of extra fabrics and embellishments, threads etc that you can use for the U4K or general projects and we welcome small donations of supplies to keep these topped up. If you want to donate anything larger than a shopping bag size, please check with us, as we have limited storage space and have to transport everything with us for each event!
We look forward to seeing you soon.
Joy & Sandra **
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