The Swap When you attend the swap bring at least one bag of your unwanted clothing and a small donation (each swap varies depending on available funding). Every swap begins with a giant collective pile of clothing, the unwanted clothing of all who attend. Everyone is welcome to dive in and find their next new/used items from the pile. Take as little or as much clothing from this pile as you like, it's all free.
DIY WorkshopsAfter you have chosen your new clothes slide on over to one of the sewing stations and attend a workshop. Learn to make modifications or totally transform your finds. Each swap features a variety of workshops by local artists who are there to share their sewing and modification secrets with you. All the materials you need to sew, embroider, bead, fix, repair, knit etc, are suppled.
On Site DIY StationsSwap-O-Rama-Rama also offers on site DIY with skilled artists to help you get started. You'll find professional designers with sewing machines ready to teach you how to make modifications to your new/used duds. Or you might try the hand sew area and decoration station where you can learn to embroider, knit, crochet, etc. A silk screen station offers many amazing designs for immediate transfer and an iron-on station provides internet access and photoshop so that you can design decals that you can print and iron on, on site.
We all have clothes that we are sick sick sick of, and would love to part with. Bring it to Swap-O-Rama-Rama and put them to new use, all the while waking up your right-brain and getting creative!
September 29th and 30th from noon to 4:00pm at the Ballard Public Library (5614 22nd Ave NW, Seattle), free admission.
http://www.swaporamarama.org/
2 comments:
WOW, never heard of such an event. Sounds amazing!! :)
Doesn't it sound nutty and kinda fun? The fashion show at the end would be really amazing to see what people come up with.
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