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Nicole Jenkins: Save the world in style: reduce, restore and recycle your fashion

Session Info:

A hands on workshop which teaches you techniques to repair the clothes you love, and alter the ones you don’t love, giving your garments new life.

Topics covered:
  • Fabric and textiles – identification and restoration. When to keep and when to bin.
  • Love it but it doesn’t fit? Simple alterations to resize garments.
  • Update to a new style – shorten, lengthen and embellish.
  • Save damaged items: stains, rips, how you can work with them.
  • How to care and look after your fashions.
  • Save money by shopping vintage and find unique fashions.