Can you fix it? Yes, you can! Just like last year our Community Store is hosting Sewing classes throughout the winter! The aim… to help you fix things and develop new skills.
We kicked off the classes with a bang last week, held in the Home Economics department at Arran High School. The first class went really well, and our waiting list is now open for classes in the future.
Our community store provides all the materials you need. Plus the school let us use their PAT tested sewing machines. However if you are attending and you would like to bring along your machine, that is also an option.
The class started out with something quite easy, however as the class evolves new skills and techniques will be built up over time. The process of crafting is quite magical, you start of with this piece of fabric or whatever your medium may be, and at the end you’ve turned it into something completely different that you can keep forever!
The sewing classes are a great source of laughter and moral support with the added extra of a good cuppa, and something delicious to eat (usually cake)! This block, which is currently full will run over the course of the next 4 months.
Classes are free, but if able to we suggest a small donation of £3.00 per session to help with costs. The shop is funding the classes, using the proceeds from the sale of donations to the shop that would have otherwise ended up in landfill.
To pre-register for the next block of classes please email nikki@arrranecosavvy.org.uk
Did you know?
The fashion industry is responsible for 8-10% of global emissions. According to a study British shoppers buy more clothes than any other country in Europe. There is still work to be done in the ‘used clothing trade’ may pieces of second hand clothes don’t end up in landfills in the UK, or being sold in second hand stores, or even being used in local sewing classes… They end up discarded in third world countries.
Ghana is the third-largest importer of second hand clothing in the world, clothes enter the country from distributors abroad. However the volume is so fast that around 40% of the clothes received by traders never find a second buyer and end up in landfill or the ocean.
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