I’m writing to introduce myself and the community group we’re currently setting up. Thread Shed Armidale is a not-for profit group designed to build community through skills sharing while helping to reduce textiles from entering waste streams. We offer low cost workshops teaching mending, sewing and clothes upcycling skills, as well as areas where people can sit and stitch socially and sewing machines which can be used for a small fee. We hope to be a welcoming place where people can gather, make new friends, learn new skills and share their own expertise too.
Armidale Uniting Church has very kindly donated space and support for Thread Shed — no strings attached! We plan to be operational by the end of April, and are currently applying for grants to help fund mending events and clothes swaps to raise awareness both of our group and of how we can all do something toward reducing our impact on the planet.
Please let me know if you have any questions about Thread Shed, and let me know if I can be of assistance.
Rachael
