community clothes swap

Our annual Community Clothes Swap is our celebration of National Recycling Week, and it's now our 13th year 💚

Everyone's welcome to come and join in. The event will be held at the Boonah Cultural Centre on Saturday 2 November between 9am and 1pm.

Bring along some clothes, shoes or accessories (men's, women's and children's) and it's free to swap, or it will cost just a gold coin donation to buy.

Upcycled bags will be available to purchase, as well as our eco dish cloths and produce bags, and there'll be innovative displays and demonstrations on different ways to mend and upcycle textiles, as well as a fabric destash spot to supplement your supplies.

We'll have a sit and stitch table where you can make a beautiful fabric brooch. 

It's also the perfect place to ask questions about recycling, and bring along items for recycling like blister packs, disposable masks, coffee bags, water and air filters, corks (natural and synthetic), pens and markers, old plastic store cards - use our guitar pick punch to punch a pick from yours, sturdy fabric, old sheets and curtains, and bras and swimmers for collaborative recycling initiatives.



Many new recycling initiatives have been added to our recycling register, and info on these will be available, or check online for our recycling register which continues to be updated.

Right next door to the Cultural Foundation's Book Fest, another great recycling week event with thousands of low cost books.


With thanks always to the support of the Scenic Rim Regional Council.

world embroidery day

it's world embroidery day on tuesday 30 july and we'll be stitching in public again to celebrate the day. 

everyone's welcome to join us. bring your embroidery, and a chair if that's easy. we'll also have some materials on hand for you to use. you can share your skills and ideas, and we'll share ours.  

embroidery is a beautiful way to mend and extend the life of your clothes.  

started in sweden in 2011, it's meant to be a day filled with creativity for the sake of peace, freedom and equality.

 

we'll be sitting outside IGA between 9am and 12 noon. see you there :)

 

 

 

 

reclaim the void community weaving

all around the country, communities have been linking in with the reclaim the void project, and so are we. 

with the intention to 'weave country whole', these twined rugs are woven from discarded bed sheets and use hoops created from ag pipe. 

our contribution will reach the project in may to join 3,000 other rugs.

we still have lots of sessions coming up -

the thursday night creatives meet weekly from 6pm at the CWA hall, and everyone is welcome. $3 covers venue fees, and bring a plate to share if you wish. 

sessions are also running at the boonah library on wednesdays from 10am to 12 noon til 22 may. these are no cost.

we're also participating in the tamborine mountain arts trail offering free drop in sessions at the chapel at the grand chameleon between 10am and 3pm on sunday 5 may, monday 6 may, saturday 11 may and sunday 12 may.  

if you have any old bed linen (preferably cotton), please send them our way.  

fashion revolution week events

together with the most wonderful garden of possibility exhibition at the centre, beaudesert, we are proud to be partnering with the southside upcycling stitchers, beaudesert and district community arts projects, and the scenic rim regional council to host reimagine fashion - the revolution continues. 

join us for this fashion revolution week event showcasing sustainable fashion ideas, creative textile and upcycling demonstrations and tips, plus a screening of the trailblazing documentary fashion reimagined and a light lunch.

everyone is encouraged to wear something upcycled or secondhand.

saturday 13 april from 9am til 2.30pm, tickets are only $10, and available online here. 

calling all makers and menders! we're gathering outside IGA to sit and stitch for the first ever global mend in public day again as part of fashion revolution week.

standing as a beacon of change in a world inundated with fashion waste, you’ll be part of a global creative action resisting the cycle of excess through repair and reuse.

join us as we take to the streets and stitch in protest against disposable fashion.
we'll be there between 9am and 1pm on saturday 20 april.