RE-MAKE: upcycled textiles making for teens
2-day workshop with MUKTA & byAliceWood
Thursday 20 & Friday 21 February 2025
10am - 3pm
FREE
Venue: Heathfield Youth Cabins, Cannon Rd, Heathfield
Suitable for: 14 - 17 year olds
Level: All abilities
Images above taken from the Young GMI Pilot Project, run April / May 2024.
An upcycling course for teenagers can be a fun and educational way to encourage creativity, sustainability, and environmental awareness.
Following on from our successful Young Green Maker Initiative (Young GMI) project, RE-MAKE, we are running a fun and practical 2-day workshop teaching teens sustainable textiles craft. Over the 2 days we will look at:
Introduction to Upcycling
What is upcycling?
Discuss the difference between recycling and upcycling.
Introduce examples of upcycled products in fashion, art, and home décor.
Highlight the importance of sustainable textiles choices.
Discuss environmental impacts of waste and the importance of reducing consumption.
Basic Techniques of Upcycling
Fabric & clothing upcycling.
Turning old clothes into something new (e.g., transforming a t-shirt into a tote bag).
Basic sewing and DIY fabric skills.
Creative Project
Teens will work on a larger project of their choice, incorporating techniques they’ve learned: examples: upcycled fashion items, home décor pieces, or even small functional furniture.
Sustainability & Future of Upcycling
Discuss career opportunities in sustainable design, fashion, or architecture.
Explore how upcycling can be applied to industries, such as fashion and product design.
Final Showcase
Teens present their upcycled creations to the group.
Teens come away from the workshop with something they have made themselves.
This structure ensures a balance of hands-on learning, creativity, and the importance of sustainability, while allowing teens to make unique items and feel proud of their creations!
This course is completely free, but does require application and selection, as there are only 6 spaces available.
Applications are now closed.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 10PM, SUNDAY 16 FEBRUARY
On the Day
All tools and materials will be provided. Please bring your own lunch and refreshments.
Please wear warm clothes as the cabins can have a chill on cold days.
Parking available on Cannon Road to enable drop off at the youth cabins.
About the tutors
Mukta
Mukta-Undone is a up-cycle fashion brand created by Abby.
It is Abby’s aim to encourage sustainable fashion making, consumption and thinking ways through workshops and fashion events within the community.
Abby runs workshops, mends clothing and creates amazing one-off garments from up-cycled materials in small-scale production.
byAliceWood
Alice is a bag and accessories designer and maker, based in Plymouth.
She has two main collections of work. One using Italian veg tanned leather that is sustainably produced, using traditional low impact methods that don't use harmful chemicals. Alice creates a collection of simple and elegant bags and accessories in a wide variety of colours that are made to be used and loved.
Her second collection uses reclaimed, locally sourced, waste textiles, to make a broad range bags and accessories. All of the materials, are in limited amounts and this creates a collection that is constantly evolving as the materials change. Alice really enjoys working with the different qualities, colours and textures to design her new products.
This 2-day workshop is made possible with money generously donated by Locality Budget Funding, Devon County Council. Sewing machines provided by Janome and textiles to upcycle largely from Bogey Knights.