Upskill & Upcycle Course

Fundamental Skills to Upcycle Materials & Sew Bags.


Into carry
Into carry
38k
19k

5 x 2 hours Class size 1 to 14 guests

$359 - $399 (Afterpay available)
(Earlybird price of $370 applies if you book into a public session 10+ days ahead, otherwise $399 per guest when you book for 1 guest, $359/guest for 2+ guests; price varies across dates)

Melbourne
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Craft
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Textiles
Learn fundamental skills to repair and upcycle materials at home.
Looking to learn fundamental skills to repair and upcycle textiles at home? Look no further. 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.
BAGS & CREATIVE OUTCOMES: 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.
  • Repair technique swatches and samples
  • Customisable tote bag/market bag pattern
  • Your badass custom-designed tote
LEARNING OUTCOMES: Over the five weeks, you learn the following skills:
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 (pant legs etc)
  • Domestic Machine Repair Techniques (mending splits or reinforcing worn textiles)
  • Applique & Reverse Applique (patching and restyling holes)
Fundamental textile upcycling techniques:
  • Decorative Stitches & Embellishment (add pattern, style, and texture to repairs)
  • Creating sewable patches from waste materials
  • Pattern guidelines for customisable tote bag/market bag
CLASS FORMAT: 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.
Class runs 6.30pm-8.30pm
5 Weeks of 2-hour classes
No prior sewing skills required
We have an abundance of waste textiles here but feel free to BYO garment/textiles/random waste materials
Each student will have their sewing machine. Everyone is welcome to BYO machine if that's preferred.
Snacks provided to get the creative juices flowing
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.
THE NUMBERS: Included in the $370 ticket is five weeks of classes, valued at $100 per class, carry wear, est $100, total value of $600 for $370.
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.

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No prior knowledge or skills required.
 
Session repeats

This class series runs over 5 consecutive sessions, at the same time every week.

Location

Into Carry - 2A Robert Street, Collingwood VIC

Parking on Peel St is 2 hours and paid only up until 7pm.

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Into carry
Into carry

38k
19k

Join a community of like minded legends and learn skills to bring value back to waste materials. Each class is curated so the the process can be repeated at home on a domestic sewing machine. Let's break the passive consumption cycle and bring value to existing materials!

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