Events

Come to the Etsy Labs for Monday Craft Night (specifically, a used clothing swap and clothing reinvention project!) I’ll be co-hosting the evening with Sheena Matheiken and Eliza Starbuck of The Uniform Project. If you’re not in the area, you can still join the party–because you can attend the lab via video podcast with Julie Schneider of Etsy at 5:00 pm! The Uniform Project will talk about the 365 day challenge they’re doing to raise money and awareness for disadvantaged school children: Sheena has been wearing one little black dress (don’t worry, she has 7 copies she can rotate through) for an entire year and documenting inventive ways to customize her LBD with handmade and vintage accessories.

Then, roll up your sleeves and make a T-shirt project, too. Generation T will share how to turn an oversize T-shirt into a fitted tank top…and then three different ways to use the sleeves you cut off to make accessories. So bring some used clothing to swap with other participants or cut up and reinvent, but Etsy will also provide some misprinted T-shirts donated by Threadless to use.