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Sustainable Fashion - Update Your Existing Clothes with Embroidery!

Learn to use embroidery and applique to transform and old, tired piece of clothing into something you can love again!
Leyton
In-person
£30 pp
3hrs
Beginner
What happens in this class?

Come and beat the January blues with this New Year Crafty Pick-Me Up Workshop - it is a miserable time of year so a great chance to learn something new! This would also be a fabulous Christmas present for someone!

Ginette will welcome you into the lively workshop space with tea and coffee and teach you how to update old clothing that you might be bored with, so that you don't throw it away and add to the ever rising fabric landfills but instead give it a new look and learn to love it again. This is a super…

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Things to remember

Ideally, please bring an item of clothing that you would like to update, preferably made of denim/'stiff' cotton. Please avoid stretchy t-shirt fabrics - these are difficult for beginners to work on. Pashmina style scarves are great, as are soft hats, towels & facecloths!

Don't worry if you don…

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Age Requirement

12
All students under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.

Flexible cancellation policy

Any class can be cancelled and fully refunded within 24 hours of purchase. See cancellation policy.
Your Teacher

Ginette has been working with her hands - focused mainly on sewing and textile crafts - since she was a child, creating gifts for family and friends and most recently selling at local markets in her home town London. Her love of knitting was passed on from her mother but the desire to create with fabrics came from within, with Ginette sewing her first pair of trousers in Liberty fabric when she was 11. She still has expensive taste in fabrics!

Having worked in Human Resources, specialising in training within customer service and management, Ginette decided to combine her love of teaching…

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Class Location
Arbeit Studios - Business & Fashion Hub
Leyton
778 High Road
Baker's Arms
E10 5AE
London

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