Youth-led workshops where young people learn to sew, repair and upcycle textile waste.
We bring creativity, skill-building and community back into fashion — something you do, not just buy.
Textiles… 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 perhaps, one day soon, 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.
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 &
eco-minded 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.
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 .
