Darn, Patch, Upcycle: Sustainable Textile Workshop

Join us for this 2-hour workshop and learn a number of sustainable textile techniques using repurposed and preloved fabric! Participants will learn hand sewing techniques to darn their clothes, create patchworks and upcycle clothing into new items.

For this workshop, folks are encouraged to bring their own clothes to repair or mend, but it is not a requirement. Fabric scraps and repurposed clothing will also be available.

Beginners welcome. All materials supplied.

Saturday, April 25 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Registration: Public $100, TBG Members $90 (plus applicable taxes and fees)

About Camila Salcedo

Camila Salcedo is a Venezuelan-born, Tkaronto-based interdisciplinary artist working in textiles, community art and curation. Her work is interdisciplinary in nature, but her focus remains consistently on community engagement and sustainable textile practices, and their potential to serve as methods of self-expression, community building, and reflection of global issues such as the climate crisis, and migration.

She has a decade of experience teaching textiles and professional development practices primarily to emerging artists, queer youth and BIPOC seniors across Toronto. Some of her partners have been: the Toronto Public Library’s branches, Toronto’s LASOs, East End Arts, Lakeshore Arts, and Urban Arts, and Museums, the Bata Shoe Museum and the Textile Museum of Canada.

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