One Garment, Three Lives: Shirts & Tops

Refresh and reimagine your shirt or top through alteration, repair, and re-design.

One Garment, Three Lives invites you to reconsider what a single garment can become. With your own shirt or top as your starting point, you’ll explore three pathways for extending its life: repair, alteration, and re-design.

Through gentle instruction, clear conversation, and hands-on making, you’ll learn how to read the structure of a garment – its seams, fit, closures, and material – and how thoughtful, small interventions can transform a piece from almost right to a perfect fit again. You’ll gain confidence in understanding what can be changed, how to change it, and why it matters for longevity and sustainability.

You’ll leave with a refreshed garment and a practical foundation for approaching future wardrobe changes with intention rather than replacement.

You’ll learn: