Events

Each winter, sunny California is host to the largest craft convention in the business, organized by the Craft & Hobby Association. I’ll be wandering the aisles on Sunday and Monday (January 24 and 25), but come Tuesday, I’ll pull my scissors from their holster and do a couple half-hour T-shirt demos at the Provo Craft booth and stage–scissors plus Yudu machine equals big-time fun. And each demo will be followed by a booksigning, also with Provo Craft–which equals more big-time fun. Come visit!

Come to the Etsy Labs for Monday Craft Night (specifically, a used clothing swap and clothing reinvention project!) I’ll be co-hosting the evening with Sheena Matheiken and Eliza Starbuck of The Uniform Project. If you’re not in the area, you can still join the party–because you can attend the lab via video podcast with Julie Schneider of Etsy at 5:00 pm! The Uniform Project will talk about the 365 day challenge they’re doing to raise money and awareness for disadvantaged school children: Sheena has been wearing one little black dress (don’t worry, she has 7 copies she can rotate through) for an entire year and documenting inventive ways to customize her LBD with handmade and vintage accessories.

Then, roll up your sleeves and make a T-shirt project, too. Generation T will share how to turn an oversize T-shirt into a fitted tank top…and then three different ways to use the sleeves you cut off to make accessories. So bring some used clothing to swap with other participants or cut up and reinvent, but Etsy will also provide some misprinted T-shirts donated by Threadless to use.

Another GRAND OPENING celebration! Please join Generation T next Saturday from 3:00 to 5:00 pm as we smash the proverbial champagne bottle across the bow of another new crafty ship (just swap out the bottle for a pair of scissors and the ship for a T-shirt and you’re golden). As usual, I’ll bring my Sharpie to sign books and I’ll pack my sharpest scissors to present a new demo every 15 minutes or so. Hope to see you there!

We’re bringing Generation T to our nation’s capital for the first time! Ever! Come to a Tee Party at the Proper Topper, a lovely boutique that has been described as “the premiere spot for Washingtonians in the market for hip gifts and accessories” (Lucky magazine) and “one of the 10 best places in the U.S. to buy a hat” (USA Today). Next up, it will be heralded as “the premiere spot to refashion a T-shirt on October 18th!” (Megan Nicolay). Please come — your our presence will make it so! This event is being brought to you by craft*monger–to RSVP or for more information email craftmongers@gmail.com.

Please join Generation T in celebrating the GRAND OPENING (exciting!) of the first Manhattan location for Michaels Arts & Crafts store on the Upper West Side of NYC. There will be various festivities throughout the store for the week of October 25 to 31, but Generation T will be there doing live T-shirt refashioning demos and a book signing for 1 day only!! Please stop by — it’s sure to be fun.

Meet Me on the West Side!

Learn to transform a T-shirt in one of three 2-hour workshops celebrating the West Side Garage Store’s first anniversary!  $20 includes a copy of Generation T: Beyond Fashion: 120 New Ways to Transform a T-shirt, a T-shirt, and a brand-new pair of sharp scissors to get started. Make a reservation at 616-415-4215 ext. 113 or email info@steepletowncenter.org!

For more information, click here. This event is supported by Schuler Books.

Go MAD for T-shirt refashioning!

Come to a free event at the Museum of Art and Design (MAD) to learn some no-sew T-shirt refashioning techniques. It’s part of the “DIY Thursdays” summer workshop series presented in collaboration with Etsy. Bring an old T-shirt or two and stop by! (Books will be available, too, of course!)

2 Columbus Circle
New York, NY 10019
212-299-7777

Also, if you’re not in the city, don’t fret, you can still “attend” online by joining Etsy’s Virtual Labs for a live demo of the project at 5:30 p.m. EST on Thursday. (Click here to see what time 5:30 p.m. EST is in your hometown.)

Last Stop, Seattle!

Meet me at the Ravenna Third Place Books for a Tee Party!

6504 20th Avenue NE
Seattle, WA 98115

On the Oregon Trail…

Stop by Powell’s City of Books (Burnside) for some good T-shirt lovin’!

1005 W. Burnside
Portland, OR 97209

The Wild, Wild West

Come on over to the Tattered Cover on Colfax to spiff up some tattered T-shirts!

2526 East Colfax Avenue
Denver, CO 80206