Sewing with Snack Bags

It’s Earth Month! Learn how to reuse plastic snack bags and sew a one-of-a-kind zipper pouch.

STITCH AND DESTROY is celebrating its first Earth Month with a bunch of fun reuse events and workshops! Join our owners and reuse experts, Haven and Corey, and learn how to repurpose ordinary food packing into a new zipper pouch. In this workshop, you will gain skills in sewing with plastics and working with zippers. Sewing with Snack Bags is perfect for beginner sewists. Sewing machines, plastic snack bags, fabrics, zippers, and all other materials will be provided. We will be sewing on Singer Brilliance machines.

While this is a beginner friendly workshop, we do request that you have some prior experience with machine sewing. If you have used a sewing machine before, know the basics of threading a machine, and how to sew a simple straight stitch, this workshop is perfect for you! However, we will still perform a quick run through on how to thread and operate our sewing machines. This workshop is open to folks 18+.

Space is limited in our studio- we are able to accommodate 6 attendees. Sign up now to secure your spot!

Location and Accessibility:

This workshop meets in-person for 2.5 hours.

STITCH AND DESTROY is located right off of South Street on 4th St in Philadelphia. Our address is 523 S 4th St. Philadelphia, PA 19147.

There is limited metered street parking on our block and in this area it can be difficult to find parking. We suggest taking public transportation- Bus 40, 57, 12, 47, 42 and 21 are nearby. The Market-Frankford Line 5th St stop is 7 blocks away. The Broad Street Line Lombard-South stop is 10 blocks away.

Please arrive on time so that the workshop can begin at 6 PM.

We do have a bathroom available to attendees. The studio/workshop space is up 4 steps of stairs, making this workshop not wheelchair accessible. Email [email protected] with any questions.

Workshop Policy:

Ticket refunds are available through eventbrite 7 days before the workshop. Please request refunds through eventbrite or email [email protected]. Please be mindful that space is limited in our small studio and there is a waitlist. Ticket processing fees are non-refundable.

In the case of last-minute cancellations, after the 7-day refund window, due to sickness or unexpected unavailability STITCH AND DESTROY will offer attendee a 'Workshop Credit' equal to the price of the purchased Workshop Ticket [not including Eventbrite processing fee]. This will be in the form of a personalized Coupon Code, which can be applied to any one upcoming workshop we offer within the year. If this circumstance occurs, please email [email protected] ASAP- this credit is only available if we hear from you prior to workshop's commencement.

In the event that STITCH AND DESTROY cancels this workshop, an alternate date will be chosen and ticket refunds will be available to all that are unable to attend the alternate date.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

523 S 4th St, 523 South 4th Street, Philadelphia, United States