Sunday 20 October 2024, Threads of Revival with Paiwand Studio

Sunday 20 October 2024, 11:00 - 13:00 BST (British Summer Time)

Online workshop, hosted on Zoom by Ashita Singhal of Paiwand Studio

Paiwand is a unique upcycling studio that is committed to converting fashion waste into meaningful textiles. Launched by Ashita Singhal in 2018, the studio is challenging the conventional norms of textile design while focusing on the importance of crafts and the need for sustainability. Paiwand sees beauty in bits and fragments, unwanted things in life, and believes in adding value by repurposing those forgotten pieces.  

Paiwand upcycles textile waste and turns it into fabrics for apparel and home furnishing. It collaborates with design houses and artisans to repurpose textile waste into meaningful textiles using various handcrafted techniques like handloom weaving, embroidery and patchwork. 

Ashita Singhal is a weaver, designer, and social entrepreneur. She believes in working with limited resources and local materials. Via her design studio Paiwand, she challenges the conventional norms of textile design while focusing on the importance of craft and the need for sustainability. 

Follow Pawiwand Studio: @paiwandstudio

Workshop outline:
The Paiwand embroidery workshop focuses on interpreting traditional ideas of embroidery in a terrain of sustainability and upcycling. The workshop aims to familiarise you with techniques that will come in handy for reviving your loved pieces. From an introduction to basic stitches to a complete guide on how to thread your needle with textile scrap, the workshop will equip you enough to launch into upcycling. Guided by Ashita, our founder, and Shobha, our head embroidery artisan, you will be upcycling your favourite t-shirt craps into blissful stitches, and also its real-time application.  

Material list:

1. Base Fabric (preferably Khadi or any Organic Cotton)
2. Discarded T-shirt (to cut)
3. Embroidery Needles - long eye  
4. Embroidery Hoop
5. Thread cutter
6. Basic stationery  
7. One Garment to upcycle  
   

Level of experience:
Beginner Level/ No prior experience is required. Anybody who loves handmade and has a zeal to upcycle is welcome.

Workshop recording
The workshop will be recorded and the recording will be sent to you after the workshop.

Workshop Cancellation Policy
All places reserved for workshops are non-refundable. However, if you let us know you are not able to make a workshop you have booked at least two weeks prior to the event, we will offer a credit note.

If you require additional information about this workshop please contact the events team, events@selvedge.org.