Threads of the past, stitched into the future

Textiles have always been more than fabric. For over 20,000 years, they’ve been used to protest, commemorate, and call for change…

• WWII POWs stitched secret messages into clothes

• Under Pinochet’s dictatorship, Chilean women sewed hidden cries for help into patchwork

• Needlework has carried stories, defiance, grief, and hope — spun into thread, woven into cloth, passed hand to hand

The English words “text” and “textile” both come from the Latin texere — to weave. We don’t just make clothes; we weave narratives, identities, movements.

Can sewing once again call for change — this time within the fashion industry itself?

Slogue Circles take the humble sewing circle out of living rooms and into libraries, markets, festivals, and high streets. Youth-led, hands-on, and visible, they flip the meaning of fashion and bring textile creativity back into everyday life.

For Young Fashion Grads, Textiles Students & Mentors

A chance to get paid to stitch.

Bring along your own mending or creative projects — the ones you’ve been meaning to finish. Work in pairs, guide participants who join in, and enjoy the productivity magic of body-doubling. Each council-booked Circle pays $100 for two hours, and you choose when and where you take part.

This isn’t “just work.” It’s a way to progress your own practice while being visible, inspiring others, and stitching yourself into a bigger movement.

Get Involved

Register your interest via our Contact form and choose from the following options:

• Mentor / Fashion Grad / Textiles student

• Youth Participant / Parent

• Council / NFP / Partner

Threads of the past have always told stories. With Slogue Circles, we’re weaving a new one .

For Youth, Parents & Community Participants

A welcoming space for young people (and the young at heart) to get off screens and into making.

Circles are open drop-in sessions where you can:

• Bring your own clothes to repair or upcycle

• Pick up pre-started projects

• Learn hand-sewing, embroidery, t-shirt yarn crochet, applique, and more from our mentors

No pressure, no perfection — just the joy of making, sharing, and reconnecting through textiles.

For Councils, NFPs & Businesses

Be part of a Sydney-wide movement for circular fashion.

By hosting or funding Circles in your community, you’re:

• Activating public spaces in creative, visible ways

• Supporting youth-led climate action and hands-on learning

• Reducing textile waste through repair, reuse, and rewear

• Offering residents an accessible, intergenerational, low-cost creative activity

Partnering with Slogue means amplifying a proven, media-recognised program (Flip Fashion Forever as seen on Better Homes & Gardens), while making a tangible impact on sustainability and community wellbeing.

Why It Matters

Fast fashion tells us clothes are disposable. Slogue Circles prove otherwise.

Every time a young person spends two hours repairing a shirt, they’re less likely to throw it away after two wears. Every time they see a peer upcycling an outfit, they learn that fashion can be self-expression, not just shopping.

And every time a council hosts a Circle in public view, it signals that creativity, climate action, and community belong in the everyday.