NW Sewn Field Trip! Burke Museum’s “Woven in Wool: Resilience in Coast Salish Weaving”
Woven in Wool: Resilience in Coast Salish Weaving showcases both historical and contemporary woven items, including blankets, tunics, hoods, and skirts. Join us for a special field trip to the Burke Museum’s exhibit, “Woven in Wool: Resilience in Coast Salish Weaving” on Wednesday, Oct. 29 from 11am-1pm (plus an optional coffee and chat to follow!) […]
Outdoor Gear Repair Event
Feathered Friends and Switchback Repair are teaming up for an outdoor gear Care & Repair day!
Shoddy not Shoddy Competition Day
We’re keeping textiles out of the landfill – and we’re doing it with style!
On Friday, September 19th, put on your best DIY or upcycled outfit and join us at FRIDA in Pioneer Square to find out how Seattle designers are transforming textile waste in the Shoddy not Shoddy Design Challenge!
Our participating designers will create a proof of concept that transforms shoddy (shredded fabric) into not-so-shoddy original designs that blend functionality, craftsmanship, and circularity.
Shoddy not Shoddy designers are competing for a chance to display their design during Belltown Art Walk, receive a free production consultation from Redesign Collective, win a gift basket of local goodies, and win a baby lock Lauren serger!
Attendees will get to cast their vote for audience favorite, watch a live spinning demo, shop curated vintage and indie designs from FRIDA, and celebrate the hard work of Seattle’s most innovative designers.
The first 10 attendees to make a donation of $50 or more – either when getting their ticket or in person – will receive a gift bag including a tote featuring original artwork by Nikita Ares and other locally-made goodies!
This event is part of Seattle Made Week 2025 and is produced by Northwest Sewn and in collaboration with Satsuma Designs, KFLY Studios, Redesign Collective, FRIDA, and the Seattle Central College School of Apparel Design & Development.
Prairie Underground Pop-Up Closing Party + F25 Preview
Prairie Undergound Pop-Up Closing Party + F25 Preview Friday, August 23 | 6–9 PM Fashion Walk at 7:30 2006 1st Ave. Seattle 98121 Celebrate our final night in Belltown with drinks, music, and an exclusive preview of Fall 2025. Fashion Walk kicks off at 7:30—shop the pop-up one last time, summer styles are 30%-50% off! […]
Shoddy not Shoddy Design Challenge Designer Sign Up
Are you an up-and-coming designer in Seattle who will revolutionize how we treat fabric waste?
Let’s find out this September at the Shoddy not Shoddy Design Challenge! Participants will collect “shoddy” (shredded fabric) and create original designs that incorporate the material. We’re keeping textiles out of the landfill – and we’re doing it with style.
Local leaders in circular fashion and interior design can come meet these rising talents during our reception. Winning designs will be showcased during Belltown Art Walk.
Grand prize is a serger, generously donated to the SCC School of Apparel Design & Development!
Review guidelines below and sign up here – please note that participants need to pick up shoddy from KFLY Studios in Belltown on July 10 or July 12 from 5-7pm.
This event is produced by Northwest Sewn and in collaboration with Satsuma Designs, KFLY Studios, Redesign Collective, and the Seattle Central College School of Apparel Design & Development.
Questions? Contact our organizer Sydney Porter at sydney@seattlegood.org
Guidelines
- All ages welcome
- Shoddy must be collected from KFLY Studios in Belltown, Seattle. Pick up dates are July 10 and July 12, 5-7pm both days. Shoddy is first come, first serve. Attendance of a pick up event is required for participation in the competition.
- Note: The shoddy being used in this challenge is made up from the scrap fabrics generated by the Seattle Central College School of Apparel Design and Development, and has been shredded by Satsuma Designs. The shoddy is a composite material, containing mixed fibers.
- Designs can be products (ex. furniture, toys) or apparel and accessories.
- Use of second-life or recovered textiles in place of new fabrics is encouraged. Please review all judging criteria and key dates for guidance.
- Minimum and maximum amounts of shoddy: One standard paper grocery bag holds 4-5 gallons. Minimum use of shoddy in designs is ½ bag, and maximum use is 3 bags.
Judging Criteria
All entries will be judged out of 25 points using the following criteria.
(10) Utility: The piece has functional use; attention to craftsmanship
(10) Circularity: Use of second-life / recovered textiles; repairability; environmental impact
(5) Longevity: Extending the lifetime of the material; repairability
(5) Innovation: Creative use of materials; creative concept or application
(5) Marketability: Someone would buy this; there is an end-market out there; this design meets an existing need
Key Dates
- July 10 & July 12, 5-7pm: Kickoff and Shoddy Pickup @ KFLY in Belltown
- KFLY Studios (2307 1st Ave, Seattle 98121) is located under Ghost Vintage. Enter using the entrance down the stairs through Ghost Vintage.
- August 9, time & location TBD: Optional Check-in & Feedback Session
- Get feedback on your designs from local upcycling experts.
- September 19, time TBD: Competition Day at KFLY in Belltown!
- October 10, 6-9pm: Winning Design Showcase during Belltown Artwalk!
Twisp Materials Exchange Working Happy Hour
Join businesses across the Methow Valley for a materials exchange working happy hour event at Last Chance Distilling on June 11, 2025 to explore ways to reuse or repurpose waste materials to help keep materials out of the landfill. Come talk with business owners who might find a treasure in what you may think is […]
Bellingham Materials Exchange Working Happy Hour
Join Bellingham area businesses for a materials exchange working happy hour event at Brandywine Kitchen on June 5, 2025 to explore ways to reuse or repurpose waste materials to help lower disposal costs, build new supply chains, and keep materials out of the landfill. Come talk with business owners who might find a treasure in […]
Vancouver Materials Exchange Working Happy Hour
Join Vancouver area businesses for a materials exchange working happy hour event at Brothers Cascadia Brewery on May 28, 2025 to explore ways to reuse or repurpose waste materials to help lower disposal costs, build new supply chains, and keep materials out of the landfill. Come talk with business owners who might find a treasure […]
Sustainable Style Seattle
May 10 & 11 Clothing Swap
[ Bring your gently used clothing and walk away with items new to you. ]
Weekend 2
May 17 & 18 Repair & Mend Workshop
[ Learn basic hand sewing techniques to mend and repair your clothes. ]
Weekend 3
May 24 & 25 Upcycling Workshop
[ Transform pieces you own into new and better forms through collaborative upcycling. ]
Weekend 4
May 31 Fashion Show
[ Come in your best outfit and walk the runway as we celebrate everyone’s unique style. ]
Seattle Chainstitch Pioneer Square Grand Opening
Seattle Chainstitch invites you to celebrate its grand opening in Pioneer Square!
Join us for snacks, drinks, shopping + stitching!
MARCH 15 | 2-7 PM
611 2nd Ave., Seattle
seattlechainstitchmassacre.com
FXRY x Hoste – Repairs & Alterations Pop-Up – 1 Year Birthday!
FXRY x Hoste – Repairs & Alterations Pop-Up
Come say hi and bring your pile of broken or ill-fitting clothes-we’ll restore them and give them new life!
Here’s the scoop:
• Drop off items for a fix or fit
• We offer light fittings on-site, such as waist adjustments, hems, leg tapering, and other minor tweaks
• Use our convenient portal to book your items
• Pick up your fixed items two weeks later at the same location
Can’t make it? No worries! Book online at theFXRY.com and take advantage of our door-to-door service.
This is our 1 year birthday party so please come celebrate with us! ◡̈
FXRY x Filson – Repairs & Alterations Pop-Up
FXRY x Filson – Repairs & Alterations Pop-Up
Come say hi and bring your pile of broken or ill-fitting clothes-we’ll restore them and give them new life!
Saturday, January 4 at Filson in Sodo from 12-4pm
1741 1st Ave S, Seattle WA 98134
Here’s the scoop:
• Drop off items for a fix or fit
• We offer light fittings on-site, such as waist adjustments, hems, leg tapering, and other minor tweaks
• Use our convenient portal to book your items
• Pick up your fixed items two weeks later at the same location
Can’t make it? No worries! Book online at theFXRY.com and take advantage of our door-to-door service.
FXRY x Eileen Fisher Renew – Repairs & Alterations Pop-Up
FXRY x Eileen Fisher Renew – Repairs & Alterations Pop-Up
Come say hi and bring your pile of broken or ill-fitting clothes-we’ll restore them and give them new life!
Here’s the scoop:
• Drop off items for a fix or fit
• We offer light fittings on-site, such as waist adjustments, hems, leg tapering, and other minor tweaks
• Use our convenient portal to book your items
• Pick up your fixed items two weeks later at the same location
Can’t make it? No worries! Book online at theFXRY.com and take advantage of our door-to-door service.
FXRY x Horseshoe – Repairs & Alterations Pop-Up
FXRY x Horseshoe – Repairs & Alterations Pop-Up
Come say hi and bring your pile of broken or ill-fitting clothes-we’ll restore them and give them new life!
Here’s the scoop:
• Drop off items for a fix or fit
• We offer light fittings on-site, such as waist adjustments, hems, leg tapering, and other minor tweaks
• Use our convenient portal to book your items
• Pick up your fixed items two weeks later at the same location
Can’t make it? No worries! Book online at theFXRY.com and take advantage of our door-to-door service.
Holiday Market and Fashion Show
Saturday!!!! We’ve got a special treat for you! Join us at 1322 5th Ave, Saturday December 14th from 12-5 with @meka_clothing @macfashionhouse @rolaxmassage and LV Creations for a special HOLIDAY 🎄🎅🏽🎁👗💆🏽♀️🐼 experience. Come join us at this small business holiday event where you can grab a MEKA or MAC Fashion Original. Snag a beautiful pair of handmade earrings from LV Creations. Relax in a chair massage from Rolax. Savor a complimentary treat from @puffypandy. There will also be a fashion show to inspire your holiday look!! This is an event not to miss!!!! And it’s our little secret that there is free 1 hour parking at the City Target a few blocks away!!!! See you Saturday!!
5th Annual Repair Economy Summit: Repairing Community
Join your colleagues working in repair, share, and reuse across North America and around the globe for two days of inspiration and rich conversation!
Summit Highlights Include:
- Asheville Tool Library and Western North Carolina Repair Café’s inspiring joint community disaster response to Hurricane Helene
- The latest on Right to Repair from Nathan Proctor of U.S. PIRG and Gay Gordon-Byrne of Repair.org and what you can do!
- Shareable’s public unveiling of the Library of Things Co-Lab Tool Kit!
- Dr. Sabrina Chakori, joining us for the first time since the inaugural 2020 Summit(!), to demonstrate how tool libraries, repair, and degrowth can create a path to a more just economic transition
- Updates on collaboratively developed resources like the reuse impact calculator, US repair groups database, and research library
- Incredible projects like repair voucher programs supporting local repair business, mobile tool libraries and peer-2-peer lending, and a free pre-apprenticeship program offered through the MN Tool Library that’s introducing participants to a variety of trades and tool education
- A Get-to-know-your-Repair-Economy-colleagues networking session facilitated by Reuse Minnesota
- Open space discussion breakouts on hot topics like scalability, repair & share models, youth repair education, legal matters, and more!
…plus a ton of other great sessions and conversations thanks to this amazing, creative, and resilient network!
Don’t miss it!
NWS Member Winter Meet Up
Are you a member of Northwest Sewn looking to connect with your local community of peers?
Come buy a drink and join us for a chat in Capitol Hill for our Winter Quarter All Member meet up! This is a free event for members of Northwest Sewn.
We look forward to meeting you there 🙂
Not a member? Check your eligibility and apply today at https://northwestsewn.org/join/
Member Only Winter Meet Up
Are you a member of Northwest Sewn looking to connect with your local community of peers?
Come buy a drink and join us in Georgetown for our Winter Quarter New Member meet up, free to members of Northwest Sewn!
We look forward to meeting you there 🙂
Not a member? Check your eligibility and apply today at https://northwestsewn.org/join/
Prairie Underground Biannual Sample Sale
You are invited to our Georgetown warehouse on December 7th & 8th for our biannual sample sale. We are featuring Fall and Winter pieces from 2023 back through our archives. Explore sales samples, one-off experiments, past season styles, slightly damaged items, and of course, a variety of iconic hoodies. Two days only! We have pieces in XS-3X, […]
Circular Solutions for Flexible Product Fabrication | Showcase #2
In the second Circular Solutions for Flexible Product Fabrication Showcase you will hear from Rachel Ceruti, from FabScrap (New York City, New York). She will share their insights as leaders in manufacturing and design who are pushing boundaries, deploying new technology and skills, and working collaboratively to ensure our goods can find new value as part of a circular economy.
About the Showcase Series:
The Circular Solutions for Flexible Product Fabrication Showcase Series is an opportunity to hear from, and learn about, twelve companies from across the United States that are testing, scaling, or starting to implement one or more strategy for building circular systems in soft goods manufacturing.
The series is hosted by Urban Manufacturing Alliance and is a project in conjunction with our ongoing Flexible Product Fabrication Community of Practice.
To learn more about UMA, the Showcase Series, and how to join the Flexible Product Fabrication Community of Practice, contact Andrew Dahlgren, Place Program Director, at andrew@urbanmfg.org