From tablecloths, doonas, curtains and pillowcases to old electrical cables, earphone wire and aluminium can pull rings, the Burdekin Artisans Community Association is inviting the community to recycle for Burdekin Rags to Runway.
The annual event showcases clothing and accessories made from repurposed materials and calls for entrants to exhibit their creativity by transforming used clothing into fashionable runway pieces.
“It’s about recycling fabric and other materials into a wearable item of clothing,” said Burdekin Artisans Community Association President Sandi Milani.
“We’re really concentrating recycling castoff either from fashion galleries or the op shops, because so much clothing goes to landfill.”
Entries can be made into one of five categories – junior, racewear budget challenge, budget challenge, open section and accessory section – with different budgets and conditions applying to each category.
“It’s making people think outside the square,” Ms Milani said.
“Lots of women buy clothes and change them because they don’t want them to look like everybody else’s, and this is where my idea came for Rags to Runway.
“Lots of people are starting to realise what they can do and it’s not actually about the sewing, it’s about the creative process that they’ve used to change whatever they have picked up.”
Burdekin Rags to Runway has been running since 2019 and is the major annual fundraiser for the Burdekin Artisans Community Association, a group that has been operating since 2014 and is currently raising funds to install air conditioning at its Home Hill space.
“We’ve got painters, textile artists, potters, jewellery makers; that’s why we’re called artisans, because it’s not just paintings and we encourage any of the crafters to become members so they can sell their work and continue learning,” Ms Milani said.
“Unless they go to the markets, it’s really hard for artists to keep doing what they want to do, because if you’re not selling your work, what do you do with it?
“You need that outlet and having a group of people that you can bounce ideas off is really good as well.
“Even if you’re not doing the same craft or art as somebody else, something that they’re doing sometimes sparks an idea in you; you’re just bouncing ideas around.”
Entry forms for Burdekin Rags to Runway must be submitted by this Saturday, March 16.
Forms are available from the Burdekin Artisans store at 170 Eighth Avenue, Home Hill or by contacting the Burdekin Artisans Facebook page.
Judging will commence at 1:00pm, Saturday April 27 with the community to gather at the Greek Hall in Home Hill from 7:00pm where all entries are to be presented and prizes awarded.
Burdekin Artisans are always looking for volunteers and members to join.
“Anyone who’s got something new and different to teach and sell, we’re always interested,” Ms Milani said.
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