Backstitch Gathering #1: Reverse the death of your pants: upcycling fabric into a community made quilt
January 11 | 6:30-8:30pm
$10-20 suggested | More Info & Event Calendar

The theme of this first gathering is unmaking. Unpicking- either with a seam ripper or by tugging seams apart by hand- is a critical form of sewing in reverse and will be the central activity of this session. Participants are invited to bring unwanted pants, shirts, or any garments that they are no longer wearing to be reversed, remade, and reimagined as a quilt. The circle will unpick seams together in order to prepare flat pieces of cloth, and then learn how to create a straight stitch either by hand or on a sewing machine as we prepare the patchwork for our community quilt. 

Sewing + fiber art skills you’ll learn:

• Unpicking seams

• Quilt pattern cutting

• Hand sewing

• Machine sewing

• Appliqué work