DIY Upcycle Style
Upcycle and mend your fave clothing to create your style!
Are you passionate about fashion? Do you enjoy upcycling clothes and personalizing what you wear? If so, you might enjoy this realtime. Bring your projects and work on them, while learning basic patching, mending, and darning techniques. Add stitching or embroidery to bring a personal flair to your clothing.
1 Your Guide
Amber Santos is an art educator and artist with over 25 years of experience, including 15 years in online education and creating 65+ activities for the HomeLearners Network. Her multidisciplinary practice is deeply rooted in her German heritage and reclaimed Métis and Anishinaabe culture, blending paper craft, beading, textiles, and eco-conscious gardening. Amber’s curriculum combines technical fundamentals like colour theory and with somatic, wellness-centered art practices. A painter and muralist with an on-going studio practice, she also spent seven years curating the Nelson International Mural Festival of which she is a co-founder.
When I'm not making art, find me listening to music on full blast in the kitchen, dancing and making food for my family:)
2 Materials Needed
Clothes they want to mend or personalize, embroidery needles, or large sewing needles, embroidery thread, scissors, a thimble, scraps of fabric. Optional: fabric markers, fabric paint, patches, yarn
3 Learning Focus
- Communicating
- Creative thinking
- Positive personal identity & culture
- Social awareness & responsibility
4 Registration
You’re selecting a Realtime Single A one-time Livestreamed Activity led by a qualified Guide.
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