Join us for our Sip & Sew Workshop Series! We have four fun workshops lined up from July to September. These classes will be led by Jessamy Shay, who is a local textile artist, mender, and fashion designer whose work focuses on sustainability and handcraft processes.
At each workshop you'll learn about a different handcraft process: creative patching & embroidery, darning, and hand sewing for mending. September 1st: Creative Patching & Embroidery will focus on how to repair holes, tears, and stains in clothing using fabric patches and hand embroidery techniques. Participants will learn about tools and materials for patching and embroidery, and how to combine techniques to create eye-catching visible mends.
The registration fee is a $20 donation to The Or Foundation, collected at the door. Supplies will be provided along with complimentary organic wine, non-alcoholic refreshments and snacks. Only 8 spots per workshop are available per workshop. If spots are full, please join the waitlist. We will notify you 48 hours prior to the event if there is a spot open for you to join. All skill levels are welcome!
The Or Foundation (pronounced “or”) stands for choice. Choice is agency – agency to escape the predominant violent socio-economic system of corporate colonialism and to change it from within. They are a 501(C)(3) public charity in the USA and a registered charity in Ghana that has been operating in both countries since 2011. Working at the intersection of environmental justice, education and fashion development, their mission is to identify and manifest alternatives to the dominant model of fashion – alternatives that bring forth ecological prosperity, as opposed to destruction, and that inspire citizens to form a relationship with fashion that extends beyond their role as consumer.
