About

Re-use, re-cycle, re-purpose—that's the theme of this class! You will start with re-purposing a pair of jeans: get your scissors out, save the pocket and pants legs, and invent your own tote bag! 

You will learn basic sewing machine skills on BARN's sewing machines in the process, and you'll get ideas for using hand-stitching and other techniques, too. From there, we will share other examples of up-cycling fashion from thrift stores or your own wardrobe, allowing you to design your own projects. BARN Fiber artists will be there to mentor you along your way. 

Details:

• Registration will close on Sunday, July 11th at 1:00 PM.
• This class is for youth 12-16 years old.
• To register your youth, please put in the "First Name" field your first name then in parenthesis put the youth's first and last name (if different than yours). The email address you register with is where all reminders will be sent to.
• Please click here to register youth for an optional supervised lunch hour from 12-1pm for the week of this class.
  
• Please complete and return this minor permission form if BARN does not already have one on file for your child from a past class.
• Tuition assistance is available. Click here to apply. 
• Materials fee: $15.00 (included in the price of the class). The materials fee will include some thrift-shop jeans for your first project and one or two other thrift shop items for you to play with, but you can bring old clothes from home or the thrift shop for projects later in the week! 
  
• BARN will be practicing safety measures for the health and well-being of all participants, in accordance with state and CDC guidelines. Students and instructors will be required to wear masks, wash or sanitize hands frequently, maintain a distance of six feet between individuals, and stay home if they are sick.  More details can be found here.

Instructor Bio:

Isobel Coney enjoys combining cultural, environmental and historical studies with art, using techniques spanning painting, quilting, felting, knitting, batik, printmaking, hand-made paper and woodland crafts. She has experience teaching in schools and running workshops for adults. She is an active member on the Arts Washington Roster of Teaching Artists and passionate about experimenting with new techniques and sharing that journey with students.