Natural Body & Home Care with Sara Nelson & Liane Salgado
When: June 3rd, 3 pm to 6 pm
Where: Vimala’s Curryblossom Cafe (in the Courtyard), 431 W. Franklin St, Chapel Hill
We’d like to show you just how simple it is to make totally safe and effective products for your home and your body. You will save money, reduce waste, packaging and pollution, and be able to create just what you like and need. We will be using the simplest solutions, literally, to accomplish many specific cleaning tasks. The same substances are used over and over, so we’ll become familiar with these and their properties. You’ll go home with some laundry soap and some lip balm that we’ll make, and be ready to make everything you’ll need for cleaning almost anything. Plenty of time for questions and learning to customize formulas. Requested donation: $40. Limit of 15 students. Reserve your space by emailing carrborogreenspace@gmail.com
with textile artist, Amelia Roberts and mender, Liane Salgado
When: Sunday June 10th, 2-5pm
Where: Vimala’s Curryblossom Cafe (in the Courtyard), 431 W. Franklin St, Chapel Hill
The focus of this workshop is to offer techniques for making common repairs to clothing and linens. With these skills we can avoid waste and keep clothing longer by repairing common things like holes in socks and knit shirts. We’ll also learn to hem and to make some very simple alterations. We may discuss techniques for re-purposing clothing as well, or “downgrading” it to a different function. We will teach you how to: Darn a sock, Repair a seam, a hem, a zipper, as well as be able to tell when the zipper needs to be replaced, Patch denim, Hem pants, Replace a button and an eye-hook, Tighten or loosen a seam and Repair the binding on a blanket. By understanding more about how clothing is put together, you will be able to mechanically troubleshoot it like any device. Clothing is nothing more than a tool or device made of fabric. Knits and woven fabrics are different, but both can be repaired. Suggested donation: $40 (no one turned away). Space is limited to 15 people. Reserve your space by emailing carrborogreenspace@gmail.com
Please bring things that need repairs and we can get you oriented. We will also bring samples to demonstrate techniques on and to practice with and suggest places to get sewing tools and materials.
Creating Backyard Wildlife Habitat with Andeliene Croce and Liane Salgado
When: Sunday June 24th, 1-4pm
Where: Bolin Creek Cooperative, 100&102 Crest St, Carrboro
Naturalists/ ecologists/ environmental educators Andeliene and Liane will elaborate on the key habitat features needed to make your surroundings a wildlife haven. Whether you have just a balcony to work with or a few acres to wildscape, you will learn how your space can support native pollinators, birds, amphibians and more with gardening and creative planning. Suggested donation: $40 (no one turned away). Space limited to 15 students. Reserve your space by emailing carrborogreenspace@gmail.com
Natural Dyeing with Plants (Spring/Summer)
When: Sunday, June 24th, 2-5pm
Where: Vimala’s Curryblossom Cafe (in the Courtyard), 431 W. Franklin St, Chapel Hill
This workshop offers you experience and knowledge of how to find and dye with plants found in the Spring/Summer seasons. This is a non-toxic, sustainable approach to dyeing fibers/fabrics. Participants will learn about and how to use mordants (substances that assist dyes in holding fast to the fibers); types of fibers best used with natural dyeing (protein and cellulose); collecting and preparing botanical dyestuffs; and actual dyeing of fibers with plants. Renee Miller, experienced fiber artist, will be your instructor. Suggested donation: $40 (no one turned away). Space is limited to 15 students. Reserve your space by emailing carrborogreenspace@gmail.com
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