Repair and wear
Learn to mend and save clothes | 1-16 Nov | 7 sessions
Time to spring clean your wardrobe into save or donate piles! Discover how to hem, attach buttons, fix seams, patch rips or tears. Learn hand sewing with a focus on visible mending. Join Ketakii and Shaye from ShayeKet Productions to learn about fashion waste, mending and repair, and why it’s important to build these skills back into our communities. Enjoy breaking into groups with similar items to begin the guided repair process. Take home a little first aid patch kit of adhesive patches, needles, threads, snips and a mini-mending zine with instructions.
$10 per person. Registration essential. BYO 3 clothing items to mend. All other materials supplied.
Supported by Libraries and council’s Waste Education team for the Garage Sale Trail.
| Library | Date and Time | Registration |
| Kawana | Friday 1 November, 10.00am-11.30am | Register |
| Maleny | Saturday 2 November, 9.30am-11.00am | Register |
| Nambour | Monday 4 November, 10.00am-11.30am | Register |
| Caloundra | Tuesday 5 November, 10.00am-11.30am | Register |
| Maroochydore | Thursday 7 November, 10.00am-11.30am | Register |
| Beerwah | Tuesday 12 November, 10.00am-11.30am | Register |
| Coolum | Saturday 16 November, 10.00am-11.30am | Register |
Ages 16 and over. No refunds unless Libraries cancels the event.
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Garage Sale Trail 9-10 and 16-17 November 2024
Find out how to make or save a buck over two big weekends as 400,000 Australians host a sale or shop the trail as part of the nation's biggest second-hand treasure hunt. Made locally possible by Sunshine Coast Council. Get in!
Recycling and Waste Education
Find out to recycle right or browse fact sheets for sustainable waste management. Learn how communities and schools can get involved.
