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Indigo-Dyed Xanthea Top
This course combines learning how to use indigo to create special fabrics with Kate Ward
with
learning to sew your own zero-waste Xanthea top with Liz Haywood
Join today for $97 USDPart 1: Learn To Indigo Dye Fabric
Dyeing with plants is like magic!
In this course, we'll go through setting up your own indigo dye vat at home, and how to use it to create unique fabrics. We'll talk about which fabrics work best for natural dyes, and how to prepare your fabric. We're also going to cover some basic dyeing techniques, shibori techniques, and modifiers.
By the end of this module, you'll have everything you need to create your own unique indigo-dyed fabrics - which are the perfect base for the zero-waste Xanthea t-shirt!
Part 2: The Xanthea T-shirt
The Xanthea t-shirt is a zero waste pattern with a fun and unusual construction. The body hangs on the bias with an X-shaped seam across the front.
Xanthea comes in nineteen sizes, to fit a 86cm/34" bust to a 177cm/70". The fit is loose and slightly boxy.
It's designed for knit fabrics or woven fabrics. Knit fabric options include t-shirt knit, jersey and french terry, and suitable wovens include linen, cotton, tencel, viscose, lawn, chambray and boiled wool.
Included is a long sleeve option which isn't zero waste; it's low waste and designed to leave you with useable rectangular offcuts.
The dress version of Xanthea has a slightly different construction and is equally fine in knits or wovens.
How the program is delivered
Design and create your hand dyed garment using zero waste methods.
As soon as you sign up the on demand modules available to watch immediately and you can watch them at your convenience!
We will meet and discuss our projects on three zoom calls, and also have the ability to share our progress in a private Facebook group.
We will cover a variety of processes and techniques including:
- Selecting fabric
- Setting up your indigo vat
- Indigo dye techniques
- How to choose your pattern size
- Cutting out the pattern
- How to sew the pattern
The course will also include three Zoom calls to talk about:
- Indigo dye methods and results
- Cutting and sewing the Xanthea top (and dress)
- Show and tell
A look at the modules inside our program
01. Indigo Dyeing
First, we'll be setting up our dye vats and learning some basic indigo-dyeing techniques. Our hand-dyed fabrics will be the foundation for our t-shirts.
02. Xanthea T-shirt
Follow along with Liz as she demonstrates how to select your size, work out how your pieces will sit on the fabric and then sew your top together.
Zoom Session 1: Introductions
Join us for a 'live' conversation from the comfort of your home. We'll make a paper model of our garments together, and you can ask any questions you have about getting set up and started. The call will be recorded.
We will be meeting on Friday 16 June for the Northern Hemisphere or Saturday 17 June 2023 for the southern hemisphere.
Friday 16 June
Pacific Time: 2:00pm
Mountain Time: 3:00pm
Central Time: 4:00pm
Eastern Time: 5:00pm
Atlantic Time: 6:00pm
Saturday 17 June
Australian Eastern Standard Time: 7:00am
Zoom Session 2: Q&A
Join us for a question and answer session "live" on Zoom! Bring any questions you have about indigo dyeing, garment construction, or anything else related to the project. The call will be recorded.
We will be meeting on Friday 30 June for the Northern Hemisphere or Saturday 1 July 2023 for the southern hemisphere.
Friday 30 June
Pacific Time: 2:00pm
Mountain Time:3:00pm
Central Time: 4:00pm
Eastern Time: 5:00pm
Atlantic Time: 6:00pm
Saturday 1 July
Australian Eastern Standard Time: 7:00am
Zoom Session 3: Show and Tell
In our final zoom session we get together to share our results and admire each other's hand dyed, zero waste garments. This call will be recorded.
We will be meeting on Friday 14 July for the Northern Hemisphere or Saturday 15 July 2023 for the southern hemisphere.
Friday 14 July
Pacific Time: 2:00pm
Mountain Time:3:00pm
Central Time: 4:00pm
Eastern Time: 5:00pm
Atlantic Time: 6:00pm
Saturday 15 July
Australian Eastern Standard Time: 7:00am
Everything you need to dye and sew your own zero waste garment
$97
Liz Haywood
Liz Haywood trained as a clothing patternmaker and worked in the fashion industry for 20 years.
She now lives in country Australia with her family, where she makes and writes about zero waste sewing patterns.
Liz also writes the weekly blog The Craft of Clothes on all things sewing and fashion, and is the author of two award-winning books, The Dressmaker's Companion - A practical guide to sewing clothes and Zero Waste Sewing - 16 projects to make, wear and enjoy.
Liz is writing a third book called A Year of Zero Waste Sewing which is being experimentally published in instalments as a zine.
Kate Ward
Kate Ward (BFA, MA and MFA) studied Textiles, Printmaking, Paper making, and Ceramics in Australia, participated in an exchange with the Kyoto Seika University, and she combines her love of art and travel and has had the opportunity to study in Japan, Italy, England and Canada.
Throughout her journey as artist and educator she continues to return to her textile roots making functional sewn and hand-stitched garments and objects for exhibition, seeing this work as ‘comfort food’ for the soul.
With a focus on sustainability and zero waste living, Kate embraces stitching as an act of mindfulness, self-care, resilience, and environmental awareness.
Kate now calls Canada home.
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