ECO-DESIGNER, SLOW FASHION WORKSHOP

Develop sustainable, planet friendly slow fashion skills!

This fun and simplified workshop will encourage recycling, upcycling and use existing fabric stashes and garments to create newly updated and 'one off individualised itmes of fashion’. Ready to be worn everyday. This is a planet friendly class.

A person with brown hair, wearing a white shirt, headphones, and a rainbow bracelet, is working on a project at a desk with a piece of paper and rock-like objects, in a room with white lockers.
Four young women working on sewing projects at tables in a well-lit room with large windows showing trees outside. There are piles of fabric and sewing materials.
A young person sewing fabric with a sewing machine near a window with green plants outside.

ECO DESIGNER, SLOW FASHION WORKSHOP

SUITABLE FOR ALL EXPERIENCE LEVELS (including the first time sewer)

½ Day Workshop $85

Students will create and experience life as an Eco-Fashion Designer!

Participants will:

  • Learn the principles of slow fashion and sustainable textile choices

  • Upcycle old garments into a new wearable piece

  • Explore personal style, learning easy design solutions and fit techniques

  • Practice beginner-friendly sewing, mending, and embellishing skills

  • Reflect on mindful consumption, personal style, and creative expression

Planet friendly throughout, this class embraces the whakatauki ‘Manaaki whenua, Manaaki taangata, Haere whakamua’ ‘Care for the land, care for the people, so we may go forward’ 

The focus is on developing sustainable planet friendly, fashion awareness. While embracing fun and creative slow fashion skills

Materials Checklist

  • Old clothing to upcycle (shirts, jeans, dresses, etc.)

  • Old tablecloths, duvet covers, towels and any other ‘fabric’ options that have potential to become something new

  • Sketchbook or notebook

  • Note: there will be a swap table for you to trade garments, along with a few fabric pieces, kindly supplied by Textile ResQ.

ECO DESIGNER, SLOW  FASHION  ½ Day WORKSHOP

  • 26th September 1.30 - 4.30pm 2026 (Nelson Venue)

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