CLOTHING SWAP & DANCE PERFORMANCE FRI. 8/28/26 Performance begins at 6pm WSU Heskett Center Everyone is welcome, for all genders.
And upcycling! Conservation + Conversation = Performance Art
Join Assistant Professor of Dance Megan Bascom and local slow-fashion advocate, Owner of TISSU Sewing Studio, Nina Winter, for an evening of dance, conversation, and sustainable community action on Friday, August 28 at 6:00 p.m. in Dance Studio 144B at the WSU Heskett Center. This free event explores alternatives to fast fashion through performance, discussion, and sharing. Attendees are encouraged to bring gently used clothing items to swap, exchange, or reimagine through upcycling. The evening begins with a performance of Fabricated Need – a dance examining the fast-fashion industry and its impacts, followed by a community discussion and clothing swap. By combining artistic expression, dialogue, and sustainable action, the event encourages participants to consider their relationship to clothing while engaging in a practical alternative to disposal and excess. This project is made possible by support from the Wichita State University Award for Research/Creative Projects in Summer 2026.
Contact:
FashionWeekICT@gmail.com
Calling all youth Fashion Designers & Models!
ICT FASHION WEEK ICT Fashion Week & TISSU have got an EXCITING opportunity for you! Young artists remember when you told us "I want to be a Fashion Designer when I grow up"...well, the time is NOW (no pressure).
Sign up/inquire at the email above or contact us for these limited spots. We will schedule group meetings & Studio Time to work with your collection (more sewing time w/Miss Nina). Design one to three garments, model it yourself or have others model your vision.
**Modeling opportunities also available without designing.**
REPAIR FAIR is Sat. 9/18 10am-2pm. Bring things from home to fix to combat the throwaway culture & overflowing landfills (clothes, jewelry, electronics, books & more). TISSU Sewing Studio will be there with a mending station so you can repair your jeans, buttons, etc.
Returning to a Victorian tradition set in a Victorian garden, join us for a dynamic gathering of artisans and educators sharing their talents and wisdom through hands-on workshops and engaging presentations.
Nina Winter - Garden to Garment: Natural Dyeing with Food Scraps
Nina Winter is a Culinary Artist at the Bartlett Arboretum, plant-based chef of MOKKO & owner/artist/educator of TISSU Sewing Studio, now in it's 12th year of offering textile arts & sewing education to the community. She is an advocate of slow foods, slow fashion & sustainable living.
In her workshop, create a nourishing vegetarian bowl of fruits, veggies & more with Arb garden greens. We will save the food scraps such as avocados and onions to eco-dye fabric. Optional: Embellish your textile with hand-sewing & embroidery. Supplies: All supplies included. Feel free to bring a small (1/2 yard or less) heirloom textile of your choice.
Weekend Overview
SATURDAY, October 3 9am: Yoga on the lawn with Jess Dunegan 10am-12pm: workshops+presentations 12pm-1pm: Lunch and keynote address with Jon Rolph 1pm-5pm: workshops+presentations 5pm-6pm: Stone Soup Supper 6pm-8pm: Barn Dance on the lawn
SUNDAY, October 4 9am: Yoga on the lawn with Jess Dunegan 10am: Church of the Trees with Dr. Rev. Lisa Wiens Thompson 11am-4pm: workshops+presentations 4pm-6pm: Concert with Mo Pitney
2025
(PREVIOUS) THE SEWING CAFE
WED. 10/1 5:30PM-7:30Pm $45 SHIRTS 101
WED. 10/15 5:30PM-7:30PM $45. CARDIGANS 101
Please watch for future dates!
NEW!
ADULT CLASSES 16+
Bridging the gap between Slow Fashion & Slow Foods. Learn to sew with a plant-based catered meal, Artist Talks & more!
**Bring your own special keepsakes, supplies, scrapbook, journal or handsew one! We’ll have a variety of textiles/paper available. While supplies last!**
Visit our Wearable Art at
WAM!
Little Black Dress at 100
WICHITA ART MUSEUM
JUNE - NOVEMBER 2025
“This is the biggest honor & I am SEW grateful for everyone who entrusted me with this exhibit. Thank you to Wichita Art Museum, Sedgwick County Historical Museum, K-State Costume & Textile Museum, Texas Fashion Collection & many more.
- Nina @TISSU Sewing Studio
Fashion lovers, don’t miss the opening this Saturday ◆ “Little Black Dress at 100” at the Wichita Art Museum ◆ In honor of the upcoming 100th anniversary of Coco Chanel’s groundbreaking little black dress, WAM presents an exhibition that traces how this iconic garment—affectionately known as the LBD—has evolved over the past century. The color black forces designers to concentrate on line, texture, and cut, and to be especially attuned to how fabric drapes over the body. At the same time, the little black dress offers a blank canvas—adaptable, enduring, and endlessly reinterpreted through shifting styles and cultural moments. ◆ This exhibition features LBDs drawn from the collections of the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum and the K-State Historic Costume and Textile Museum. From high-end designer pieces to affordable, everyday versions, every dress on view was worn by a Kansas woman. Including a 1950s Coco Chanel cocktail dress from the Texas Fashion Collection (thank you, Annette Becker!) and a recreation of the original LBD in Vogue from 1926, and a contemporary LBD made by Nina Winter of TISSU Sewing Studio ◆ “Little Black Dress at 100” opens this Saturday ◆ FREE Admission ◆
