OLD clothes – NEW stories!
Clothing swap + workshops + fashion show
From forgotten to one-of-a-kind
From May 2026 to April 2027, MAKE-A-THEK at Kranj City Library offers a space for swapping and transforming clothes. Once a month, you can turn your wardrobe upside down, bring pieces you no longer wear, swap them and give them a new twist at a hands-on Clothing Transformation workshop.
We begin where things usually end: with the question of what happens to a garment when we no longer wear it. Through conversation, we open up the topic of fast fashion, explore alternatives and think together about how each of us can contribute to a more sustainable, circular way of dressing.
Then comes the heart of the programme: Clothing Transformation, a series of garment-transformation workshops. Each meeting is a small adventure — one piece of clothing, one challenge, countless possibilities and one finished creation.
Workshop programme
2026:
May: TIE TRANSFORMATION
June–August: MINI CREATIVE ALTERATIONS
September: DREAM ECO BAG
October: PERSONALISE A JACKET
November: MY SKIRT FROM TROUSERS
December: TEXTILE GIFT
2027:
January: VISIBLE MENDING
February: OFFBEAT CUT
March: THE FINISHING TOUCH
April: FASHION SHOW
Workshops from autumn 2026
24 October 2026 · MAKE A JACKET YOUR OWN
Some jackets are serious and elegant, others relaxed, colourful or wonderfully eccentric. Some carry the creases and traces of a life already lived. What would a jacket look like if it truly reflected you?
Find one at home or at the Kranj City Library clothing swap and stitch your own character into it. Mend it, embroider it, add pockets, buttons or lace. Cut it apart, reshape it or combine two jackets into one — perhaps even three. Keep experimenting until it feels so much like you that you never want to take it off. In the end, who resembles whom: you the jacket, or the jacket you?
26 September 2026, 10:00–13:00
DREAM ECO BAG
What would your dream bag look like? What would it carry? What could you make it from?
We look for ideas in discarded clothes and accessories. Perhaps an old shirt is hiding an everyday bag, a pair of jeans could become a shopper, a tie could turn into a handle, or a belt into the perfect shoulder strap.
Let your imagination lead and create a bag that reflects your style. We will explore different bag shapes, the basics of planning, cutting and machine sewing, and discover how pockets, zips, buttons, belts, ties and other details can become distinctive design elements.
You will leave with a unique, useful piece over your shoulder — and proof that the best stories often begin exactly where something seems to have reached the end of its road.
