60 Billion metres squared of manufacturers offcuts are produced every year in the global fashion industry!

Join Senorita AweSUMO for this Off Cuture Clothing class and learn a zero waste method for making your own unique clothing from these beautiful and varied offcuts.

Wednesdays March 10, 17, 24th, 6 - 8pm

Over 3 weeks, we will work with this technique to achieve 1 finished garment; either a dress, skirt, singlet, T-shirt, long sleeve Top or pants. The garment made will depend on your own personal style and the materials at hand, we will discuss this together.

This approach to garment construction will spark your creativity. Whether you’re into simple clean lines or over the top ruffles, this skill is one to be explored.

Course Fee:

$150pp

What’s included:

Small class size ensures excellent one-on-one time as well as opportunities to learn from each other's projects
Total of 6 hours professional tuition from experienced tutor
Advice on suitable fabrics, designs, and details for your project
Access to any fabrics, notions, and patterns in our extensive haberdashery collection
Full use of sewing machines and tools
Great company, with small class size
Repurposing of any fabric offcuts and scraps to reduce waste

What you’ll need:

Intermediate to advanced level of sewing experience (working with domestic sewing machine and overlocker, garment making). Please get in touch to see if this will be suitable for you.

Places are limited, so book early!

Stitch Kitchen Workshop terms and conditions

The following terms and conditions apply to all individuals and organisations (“you”) that are attending any workshop (“Workshop”) organised by Stitch Kitchen (“we” or “us”). Please ensure you have read and understand the following:

1. Acceptance of terms and conditions

By completing the registration form for a particular workshop, you are agreeing to the terms and conditions set out below (“Terms”) and they will be incorporated into the contract between us (“Contract”). You will ensure that any other person attending the Workshop with you shall comply with these Terms. The Contract is formed when we send you a booking confirmation

2. Payment

The fee for attending the Workshop (“Registration Fee”) will be as stated on the registration form for the relevant Workshop from time to time. Prices are GST inclusive. All payments for the Registration Fee must be made in full at the time of completing the registration form and in any event prior to the date of the Workshop. We reserve the right to run price promotions as we think fit.

3. Refunds

If you cancel your booking a minimum of 7 days before the start of the workshop, then a refund of the workshop cost, minus a 20% fee to cover booking fees and administration costs, is available.

Cancelations less than 7 days, my apply for credit towards transferring to another equivalent or lesser value workshop within 4 months. This will be at the discretion of Stitch Kitchen. No refund shall be given.

4. Exchanges and Transfers

Up to the start of a workshop, subject to availability, you may apply to transfer your registration, including fee paid, between workshop times (e.g. transferring from an evening to a morning stream of a workshop), or transfer to an alternative workshop of the same or lesser value. An additional booking fee and administration fee will be needed (up to 10% of the registration fee).

If this is not available due to workshops being fully booked, your workshop fee can also be exchanged for credit towards haberdashery items from our Makers Pantry.

Transfers and exchanges after the start of a workshop are at our discretion.

5. Cancellation

There may be circumstances in which we need to cancel the Workshop. In such circumstances, we will provide you with a full refund of the amount of the Registration Fee, including booking fees, that you have paid to us and we will make very effort to provide you with such refund within 10 days of the date of cancellation.

If workshops are canceled after the start of the course, the refund will be to the value of uncompleted workshop time. (e.g. if 50% of the course is cancelled, the refund will be for 50% of the fee paid).

6. Your obligations

If you act in any way which in our opinion is likely to cause any harm or nuisance to any person at the Workshop, you will be required to leave the Workshop and we shall not be liable to refund your Registration Fee or any other payment.

You must comply at all times with our health and safety policy. You must comply with all requests from us or the venue with regard to health and safety and failure to do so will result in you being asked to leave the workshop (in which case no refund will be provided). You may not bring any equipment or items of a hazardous or dangerous nature to the Workshop.

You shall not cause any damage to any part of the studio (including outside areas, and all inside walls, flooring, fixtures and fittings). You are solely liable for any damage caused by you, and shall fully reimburse us in relation to any damage so caused.

You must keep your personal belongings stowed in the designated area or on you at all times and we accept no liability for any damage to, loss of or theft of any of your belongings or other items brought to the Workshop by you.

7. Promotional materials and materials at the Workshop

Unless otherwise stated, the copyright for any such promotional materials and any materials used at the Workshop (including course notes, slides, brochures, articles and case studies) belongs to us and may not be reproduced in any medium without our prior written consent.

You may use such materials for your own personal purposes only and may not reproduce, publish or deal with such materials in any way for any commercial use without specific written consent.

We reserve the right to change the published programme or materials as we think fit.

8. Photography and filming

We may wish to photograph or film the Workshop and reserve the right to do so for the purposes of promoting future workshops or otherwise.

You consent to us (or any other person attending the Workshop) photographing or filming you and any persons attending the Workshop with you. If you are uncomfortable with this, please advise us before the start of the workshop via emailing info@stitchkitchen.nz.

9. Data protection

We will communicate with you using the contact details provided on the Registration Form for the purposes of the Workshop. We shall be entitled to pass on all of your contact details to the workshop tutors. Your details will not be used or sold in any other way. We hold this information confidentially between ourselves and the tutors.

10. Tickets

We shall not send you tickets for the workshop. We will have your name on the attendee list and if you have paid the Registration Fee you shall be provided with access to the Workshop.

11. Disability, medical conditions and dietary requirements

If you have any disability or medical condition that requires us to make special arrangements for you or any special dietary requirements, please email us at info@stitchkitchen.nz as soon as possible, prior to the date of the Workshop.

12. Limitations of Liability

Whilst every reasonable precaution is taken by us to ensure security and safety at the workshop, we shall not in any way be liable for any loss or damage suffered by you whatsoever in relation to the Workshop, save that nothing in these Terms shall be deemed to limit the liability of any person for death or personal injury caused by negligence.

Nothing in these Terms shall limit or exclude our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, any fraudulent misrepresentation or any other liability for which it is unlawful to exclude or limit liability.

Our total liability for any matter arising out of the Contract shall in all circumstances be limited to the price paid by you for the Workshop and we shall not in any circumstances be liable to you for any consequential loss whatsoever.

13. Governing law

These Terms shall be governed by New Zealand Law.

Contact the host of Off-Cuture Clothing with Senorita AweSUMO