Creative Patchwork: Mending and Embellishment
Wednesday June 25th 11am - 1pm
Presented by Sophie Stratyner
In this all-levels hand sewing workshop, participants will explore different techniques of visible clothing mending and patchwork with the goal of adding personality and rejuvenation to our wardrobes. The most sustainable thing you can wear is something you already own! Bring a few garments and a creative attitude to this class where we will cut, place, stitch, and embellish our way to a more sustainable wardrobe.
A selection of upcycled fabrics will be provided, as well as needles, thread, scissors, and pins. Participants are welcome to bring their own fabric, embroidery floss, sashiko thread, and yarn, as well as purchase additional supplies at Luck Dragon.
$40, materials included.
Reserve your place before the date.
Sophie Stratyner is a textile and fiber artist. With a passion for travel, her work is shaped by the places and environments that she finds herself immersed in. Incorporating foraged plant and mineral based dyes and colors, thrifted textiles, rusty iron findings, and more with photography and text, Stratyner explores and documents textures, stories, moods, and ways to make the often harsh world into tactile softness through her soft artist book, quilt, and clothing making practices.
Stratyner’s background is in costume design for theater. She first developed a passion for dyeing and textile surface design while working as a costume crafts artisan for a variety of off-Broadway theaters in New York City. She also has a passion for the natural world, having lived and worked on organic farms in Washington, New York, North Carolina, and Kentucky. She has been a resident at Alchemy Art Center on San Juan Island, Washington and Pillow Fort Arts Center in Andes, New York, where her work has been deeply informed by the surrounding environments. Stratyner teaches quilting, sewing, and natural dyeing to students of all ages and experience levels.
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