Maker-Led Workshop | EcoMonsters: Scrap Fabric Stuffies

Join local makers Megan King & Topaz M. Terry on Friday, November 13th from 6 to 8pm for a crafty & imaginative workshop, EcoMonsters: Scrap Fabric Stuffies, in the Heurich House Museum’s conservatory!

In this fun and imaginative workshop, create a little monster stuffy with a huge appetite for scraps! Using yarn, fabric scraps, and fun notions saved from the trash, you’ll explore creative ways to give materials normally destined for the landfill a new life. Learn simple sewing techniques and try your hand at a hand-crank sewing machine while creating a one-of-a-kind monster that makes a great gift for the young and young at heart. No experience needed. Sip on local craft beverages from the museum’s biergarten, 1921 while you work!

Details: 

• $45 per person ($40 for museum members)

• $50 person including a drink

• All supplies included

Schedule: 

• 6pm: Doors Open, Purchase your Drinks (Biergarten opens at 4pm if you want to visit before the workshop!)

• 6:15pm: Workshop Begins

• 8pm: Workshop Finishes, Biergarten Closes 

About our Instructors: 

About Megan King & Pathwork Studio:

Pathwork Studio blends craft, sustainability, and storytelling. Through thoughtful reinvention each one-of-a-kind garment transform into wearable art. Rooted in reuse and curiosity, the work imagines a world with far less waste and freedom to be our true selves.

About Topaz M. Terry & AMEND+APADT:

Topaz M. Terry is an Upcycling Specialist and Sewing Educator focused on reclaimed and salvaged materials. She operates the AMEND+ADAPT Sewing Studio on the Brookland Arts Walk in Northeast DC and manufactures the BicycleTrash brand of products.

About Maker-Led Workshops:

Maker-Led Workshops are a new initiative of the Heurich Urban Manufacturing Incubator. The workshops provide makers with a free in-person platform in the museum’s conservatory to test and develop a new revenue stream to support the growth and stability of their businesses. 

Heurich Urban Manufacturing Incubator: 

The Urban Manufacturing Incubator is rooted in the museum’s belief that house museums should be dynamic and relevant to our modern communities. The mission of the Incubator is to provide economic opportunities to our local small-scale manufacturing communities through: appropriate interventions in business life cycles, collective action, and social enterprises. The local small-scale manufacturing community in DC is composed of two groups: Artisan Makers + Craft Beverage Producers. These groups are directly related to Heurich history - the historic mansion was built and decorated by local craftspeople from 1892-1894 and the Chr. Heurich Brewing Co. (1872-1956) produced DC’s hometown beer brand for over 80 years.