Things Come Back Together: Cloth Gift Wrapping Workshop
Tuesday December 14, 2021
12pm-1pm EST
Online via Teams
Join us in another Things Come Back Together workshop about sustainable textiles practices. "Clothes tatter, tear, split, run, rip, unravel, spring holes. Things fall apart. But we are gifted with hands that sew, mend, fasten, pin, glue, weave, darn. Things come back together." These words from the book Mending Life: A Handbook for Repairing Clothes and Hearts by Nina and Sonya Montenegro will guide this workshop.
Event description:
In this workshop, learn about everyday textiles materials - where do they come from and where do they go? Your host Charlotte Durnford-Dionne will discuss fabrics, fabric blends, and uses of familiar materials.
Bring a square cloth or tea towel and together we’ll practice the basics of cloth gift wrapping.
Optional materials to bring: Square cloth or tea towel.
Bio: Charlotte Durnford-Dionne is an undergraduate design student with a minor in textiles doing her fall placement with the Textile Museum of Canada. She has been making her own clothing for as long as she can remember and has recently found a new passion for upcycling the clothing she already has. On her Instagram she has shared this creative activity in the form of tutorial style "reels", hoping to inspire a more sustainable approach to fashion consumption.
For questions about this event, contact Victoria Ho, Sustainability Coordinator, at vho@ocadu.ca.
Learn more at www.ocadu.ca/sustainability.