Thriftstore to Forevermore

$500.00

September 27 & October 4
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Instructors: BR Goldstein & Diana Fox-Revett

Materials Fee: $15 (paid directly to Instructors)
Students: 10

Make Style, Not Fast Fashion.

Canada generates 1.3 million metric tonnes of apparel waste every year — and if you've ever been to a buy-by-the-pound, it really looks like most of it is t-shirts. Endless, oversized, beefy t-shirts that nobody quite knows what to do with.

Not everyone wants a crop top. Not everyone wants to drown in fabric. But what if you could reshape what's already out there into something that you can wear with pride!

Over two days, you'll learn to cut, sew, and shape second-hand t-shirts into something stylish and contemporary. After you've got the silhouette you want, you can take it further with stitching, appliqué, or print techniques. By the end of the workshop, you'll have the skills and the confidence to keep upcycling on your own — and one wearable piece to show for it.

No experience necessary. All materials provided.

September 27 & October 4
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Instructors: BR Goldstein & Diana Fox-Revett

Materials Fee: $15 (paid directly to Instructors)
Students: 10

Make Style, Not Fast Fashion.

Canada generates 1.3 million metric tonnes of apparel waste every year — and if you've ever been to a buy-by-the-pound, it really looks like most of it is t-shirts. Endless, oversized, beefy t-shirts that nobody quite knows what to do with.

Not everyone wants a crop top. Not everyone wants to drown in fabric. But what if you could reshape what's already out there into something that you can wear with pride!

Over two days, you'll learn to cut, sew, and shape second-hand t-shirts into something stylish and contemporary. After you've got the silhouette you want, you can take it further with stitching, appliqué, or print techniques. By the end of the workshop, you'll have the skills and the confidence to keep upcycling on your own — and one wearable piece to show for it.

No experience necessary. All materials provided.

BR Goldstein is a Canadian Artist who is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design University in Toronto Canada, she received an MFA from Parsons the New School, in New York City. Primarily a painter and textile artist, Goldstein has worked across many media and exhibited across Canada, and the US. She spent the past 7 years living in North Carolina immersed in its strong tradition of textile manufacturing and textile art.

Diana Fox-Revett is a textile artist and educator, she’s been sewing and embroidering since she could hold a needle. She has worked as a wallpaper designer, maker of mended, repaired and re-imagined clothing. She is also a practicing artist who creates hand-sew free-form quilts using natural dyes and printed and embroidered objects. She has taught at Seneca College and instructs workshops at locations around the city.