✂️ Course Overview

Take impact into your own hands with this easy to learn and adaptable bag upcycling framework. Over five sessions you'll learn the best nuggets of upcycling knowledge Into Carry has acquired in over a decade of making bags from discarded materials. 

This collaborative learning style puts you in the drivers seat with tailored guidance from two bag upcycling experts. This means you'll walk away with a custom designed bag plus a suite of adaptable upcycling skills to deploy in future projects. 

💼 Learning Outcomes

We cover several sewing techniques and two methods of bag construction. Each week we focus on one or two new learnings and processes. From concept design to edge finishes, you have options to tailor each to your design under guidance from our expert facilitators. Key learnings include:

• Key Sewing Skills. Learn and practice the skills required to create this custom bag framework on a domestic sewing machine (includes sewing fundamentals for those who are new to sewing).
• How to Design a Bag. Explore key methods to find new ideas and bring your upcycling concepts into reality. Including functional considerations on bag size and shape, how to pair various materials together and considerations for the hierarchy of each bag component. Including bag lining, pockets, strap & assembly options for different materials.
• Bag Pattern Making. Learn this accessible and highly adaptable bag pattern making framework. Once you've moved through this process, you'll be able to tailor it to new shapes, materials and sizes for new custom bag iterations. 
• Choosing the Right Material. Learn what to look for when selecting materials to create bags with so you can continue exploring new materials after the course. 
• Bag Construction & Process of Assembly. Learn how to format your bag components process of assembly based on the materials and edge finishes your design requires. 
  
• Bag Finishings. Learn different material edge finishes based on your materials, plus various functional hardware options and applications. 
  

♻️ Upskill Learning Format

Our process is not a rigid rulebook. It’s a series of adaptable guidelines that empower creative problem solving at each step. This approach embeds each learning as a framework to deepen your understanding of the process and allow you to move through it with different materials and designs to yield new product outcomes. 

💚 Who this Course is for...

If you have a hate for landfill and a thirst for creativity, this course is for you. It's designed to meet you at your skill level, with beginners and experts sitting side by side, each tailoring their designs to meet their current skill level. 

🌎 Bonus Online Tutorial

The full Curved Bag Making framework has been translated into a detailed online tutorial. This tutorial includes written, visual and video formatted content of each step of the process. After your first lesson, you will be given lifetime access to the online tutorial so you can reference each learning and continue upcycling long after the course is finished. 

All leftover textiles and offcuts are externally recycled with UPPAREL. 

In person bag making courses are 2 hours per week for 5 weeks. Choose from Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday evenings. There is one INTO facilitator per five students, so we can each get lot of one-on-one time with the experts :)

• Class runs 6.30pm-8.30pm 
• 5 Weeks of 2 hour classes
• No prior sewing skills required (but plz tell us if you've not sewn before)
• We have an abundance of waste here but BYO waste material is welcomed
• Each student will have their own sewing machine to practice on (you're welcome to BYO machine)

♻️ Waste Materials
We have a LOT of overlooked materials here at the studio. If you have a particular material you would like to upcycle, please bring it in! We love exploring new materials. Otherwise, we have an abundance of banners, denim, sleeping bags, upholstery fabric, tarps, workwear and other random goodies here. Note: if you would like to use soft plastic in your design, you can create your own at home with our online tutorial and bring it into class (you won't need this material until week 2).

Included in the $399 ticket is five weeks of classes, valued at $140 per class, hardware for strap connections bag closures, plus lifetime access to the online tutorial version of the same bag making framework valued at $88.

A total value of $788 for $399. 

Bonus point if you've read this far, use code 'HEARTUPCYCLING' for 10% off :)

We offer a refund policy up until 7 days prior to the semester starting. If the cancellation is within this 7 day window, we will release the ticket and refund your amount pending it's resale. No refunds will be processed once the semester has started. To see if the classes are right for you, try our one-off 3 hour Pants Into Carry Class! :)