This program provides comprehensive workshop materials, including educational slides, lesson plans, and supply lists. It focuses on teaching students valuable sewing and repair skills relevant to the fashion industry, promoting a deeper understanding of sustainability in fashion.
The Repair Workshop Reference Collection includes: slides with how-to’s and additional references, lesson plans, supply lists, budget forms, templates and videos.
Access — Repair Shop
Age — 9th - 12th grade (14 - 18th years old), adaptable for 6th - 8th grades (12 - 14 years old)
Cost — Free
Source — High School of Fashion Industries (HSFI) and Repair Shop, New York, USA
High School of Fashion Industries (HSFI) and Repair Shop collaborated to create a multi-generational after-school program between fashion-focused high school students and New York City’s fashion industry experts to share vanishing couture repair and alteration skills to generate a more sustainable fashion future across generations.
This program included six two-hour workshops designed for twelve students focused on: chainstitch embroidery, sewing machine maintenance, sashiko, alteration basics, fabric scrap reinvention, and darning. ️
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