When: 2:30pm Friday 20 May  and 9:30am Saturday 21 May
Where: Lab 2, The Edge, State Library of Queensland
Cost: Free, bookings required
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Embrace experimentation and creative play as pathways to fashion design and clothes-making. Working with the stitchery collective, guys and gals of all ages and levels of experience are encouraged to re-mix, re-make and re-model everyday clothing into unique personalised pieces that hold a beauty all of their own. Join with the stitchery team to discover the history of re-made clothes and delve into discussions around the contemporary practice of ‘up-cycling’. Participants take away both knowledge and a new piece for their wardrobe.

the stitchery
the stitchery is a community of young women inspired by the potential of clothes and creative making as a way to develop and maintain joyous connections with people. Based in Brisbane it is a collective, an idea and a meeting point. It joins the unlikely bedfellows of fashion and social welfare in order to facilitate meaningful exchanges between individuals and communities. Working against popular opinion, the stitchery believes that fashion can be mobilised as a force for good in the world. Their vision is to use fashion and clothes-making as a platform for community engagement through workshops, skill sharing and social development.