Project 10
CYCLE PROJECT 10 2026

Circular Campus to Community

Circular Campus to Community

Long Story, Short

This collaborative and connected circularity-based project brings together RMIT and Merri-bek City Council to deliver knowledge and skills sharing activities, focused on fibre and food systems across the Brunswick campus and wider Merri-bek communities.

What We’re Exploring

The ‘Circular Campus to Community’ (CCC) Project is a collaboration between RMIT University and Merri-bek City Council, which seeks to practically foster just, place-based circularity efforts by delivering activities to connect the RMIT Brunswick campus community with the wider Merri-bek community. This project encourages skills and knowledge sharing, engagement with indigenous knowledge systems and improved circular understanding and practices through a range of experiments, workshops, activations, and events focused on fibre and food systems. The activities will align with five key action streams: Regenerate, Repair, Recycle, Redesign, Rethink.

 

CCC Making Workshops Program

June – November 2026

Wed 17 Jun       5:00–7:00pm       Darn It! Fixing Knitwear Holes

Wed 24 Jun      5:00–7:00pm       My Little Curtain Making Workshop

Wed 1 Jul          5:00–7:00pm       Sashiko Stitching & Denim Repair

Thurs 2 Jul       5:00–7:00pm       Patch Cutting & Stash Swap for Garment Mending

Wed 8 Jul         5:00–7:00pm       Sashiko Stitching & Denim Repair

Wed 8 Jul         5:00–7:00pm       (re)Print Workshop

Wed 15 Jul       5:00–7:00pm       (re)Print Workshop

Mon 25 Aug     5:00–7:00pm       Zero Waste Pattern Making Exploration

Mon 31 Aug      5:00–7:00pm       This Is Not a Shoe – Footwear Deconstruction and Flat-Lay Artwork Workshop

Tues 15 Sept    2:00–4:00pm       Student-Led Community Repair Session

Wed 30 Sept    4:00–6:00pm      Sensory Walk

Wed 11 Nov       5:00–7:00pm       T-Shirt Transformations: Alter/Redesign a T-Shirt

Status
Active
This is a living research document. Check in regularly for incremental updates.
Share?
Facebook
LinkedIn
Twitter
Fine print
Read More

Project Team

Hands screen printing on fabric.

(re)Print Workshop (Session 1)

Wed 8 July 2026
5:00pm – 7:00pm

RMIT Print Room, Building 513, Level 1, Room 2, RMIT Brunswick Campus, 25 Dawson St, Brunswick

$25 per person

Led by Rachel Halton
RMIT University

Contact:
yassie.samie@rmit.edu.au

Register now

Got a tee or shirt you love but never wear?

Bring it along and give it a second life at (re)Print Workshop – a hands-on block-printing workshop all about colour, pattern and circular fashion.

Bring one clean garment that is in need of love such as a t-shirt, button-up or basic. Inks, carved blocks and guidance will be provided.

You’ll learn the basics of block printing, experiment with placement and layering, and walk away with a one-of-a-kind piece you actually want to wear again.

No experience needed – just curiosity, a garment destined for the back of the drawer, and a willingness to get a little inky. Fast fashion out. Fresh prints in.

We will provide: Inks, carved blocks, screens and guidance.

Please bring with you: 1 clean garment in need of love/updating.

Additional info: Expect to get a little messy!

Sashiko Stitching and Denim Repair on jeans

Sashiko Stitching and Denim Repair (Session 2)

Wed 8 July 2026
5:00pm – 7:00pm

RMIT Makerspace, Building 515, Level 1, Room 005, RMIT Brunswick Campus, 25 Dawson St, Brunswick

$50 per person
$35 per student

Led by Deb Wills-Ives
RMIT University

Contact:
yassie.samie@rmit.edu.au

Register now

Got a worn or torn denim piece in need of repair?

Bring your favourite denim items to a 2-hour introduction to Sashiko stitching!

You will get to learn the basics of this Japanese stitching technique, through repairing worn and much-loved denim from your wardrobe. Participants in this workshop only need to bring along their denim jeans and/or denim jackets and everything else will be supplied.

Materials provided include a selection of Sashiko threads and needles, printed/plain cotton and denim fabrics for patching.

This workshop is suitable for all ages and designed to support participants in creatively exploring this traditional Japanese stitching technique.

We will provide: Yarns, threads, repair tools/equipment, printed/plain cotton and denim fabrics for patching.

Please bring with you: Denim jeans and/or jackets for repairing.

Patches and items for garment mending

Patch Cutting and Stash Swap for Garment Mending

Thurs 2 July 2026
5:00pm – 7:00pm

Building 515, Level 3, Room 6, RMIT Brunswick Campus, 25 Dawson St, Brunswick

FREE Workshop

Led by Georgia McCorkill
RMIT University

Contact:
kiri.delly@rmit.edu.au

Register now

Are you a mender who would like to build your stash of textile patches and yarns?

Take part in a 2-hour workshop for community repair volunteers and mending enthusiasts of all skill levels. Textiles from student remnants, industry swatches and post-consumer textiles will be provided to cut and press for patching as well as weaving room yarn offcuts to roll onto cards for darning.

Discussion will centre on knowledge exchange regarding mending tools, materials, and hacks with everyone invited to share and learn.

Interested local community repair volunteers unable to attend are invited to get in touch in advance of the workshop so an “order” can be prepared to assist your community work.

We will provide: Fabrics, yarn, tools from RMIT’s Repair Cafe kit.

Please bring with you: Your favourite mending tools and materials to share or surplus to pass on.

Sashiko Stitching and Denim Repair

Sashiko Stitching and Denim Repair (Session 1)

Wed 1 July 2026
5:00pm – 7:00pm

The Hanger, Building 516, Level 2, Room 1, RMIT Brunswick Campus, 25 Dawson St, Brunswick

$50 per person
$35 per student

Led by Deb Wills-Ives
RMIT University

Contact:
kiri.delly@rmit.edu.au

Register now

Got a worn or torn denim piece in need of repair?

Bring your favourite denim items to a 2-hour introduction to Sashiko stitching!

You will get to learn the basics of this Japanese stitching technique, through repairing worn and much-loved denim from your wardrobe. Participants in this workshop only need to bring along their denim jeans and/or denim jackets and everything else will be supplied.

Materials provided include a selection of Sashiko threads and needles, printed/plain cotton and denim fabrics for patching.

This workshop is suitable for all ages and designed to support participants in creatively exploring this traditional Japanese stitching technique.

We will provide: Yarns, threads, repair tools/equipment, printed/plain cotton and denim fabrics for patching.

Please bring with you: Denim jeans and/or jackets for repairing.

A person making with fabric and thread.

My Little Curtain Making Workshop

Wed 24 June 2026
5:00pm – 7:00pm

RMIT Maker Space, Building 515, Level 1, Room 005, RMIT Brunswick Campus, 25 Dawson St, Brunswick

$50 per person
$35 per student

Led by Ritika Vohra
RMIT University

Contact:
kiri.delly@rmit.edu.au

Register now

Gather, make and hang your own special sensory curtain!

Join us for to a 2-hour sensory workshop where you will create a small personal curtain featuring a hessian or scrim panel hanging from a found branch. You will stitch, knot and weave with threads and objects, tracing the textures, weights and sensations of what you bring with you inside and outside.

You will come away with a finished creative piece in addition to a new way of thinking about making – using sensation, memory and material as your guide.

No experience needed, just curiosity and a willingness to make!

We will provide: Fabrics, threads, tools, embellishments and accessories.

Please bring with you: A small found object or keepsake (eg a pebble, dried flower, button, scrap of fabric) that holds meaning or texture, and a small personal picture that holds memory, place or feeling.

A container of sewing threads.
Hands mending a garment.

Darn It! Fixing Knitwear Holes

Wed 17 June 2026
5:00pm – 7:00pm

The Hanger, Building 516, Level 2, Room 1, RMIT Brunswick Campus, 25 Dawson St, Brunswick

$50 per person
$35 per student

Led by Julia English
RMIT University

Contact:
kiri.delly@rmit.edu.au

Register now

Keen to get your winter warms all ready but you have a hole in your favourite jumper or knit?

Bring your winter woollies or other well-loved knits along to our 2-hour hands-on darning workshop. You will learn basic darning skills and come away with knitwear that is ready to face winter!

Please bring a few clothing items so we can discuss the best starting point and explore solutions for trickier problems. Also, please note, very fine knitwear can be a little delicate for these methods, so we recommend starting with a mid-weight to chunky knit pieces.

We will provide: Yarns, threads, repair, tools/equipment.

Please bring with you: Knitwear with holes (socks, jumpers, scarves) best for mid-weight to chunky knits.

Take-home: ‘Your Darning Basics’ worksheet with 2+ darning methods and video links.

Love your clothes and keen to find ways to extend their lives? Interested in learning how to mend, repair and rework your clothing, supporting a more considered and circular approach to what and how we wear?

Join us for a series of hands-on workshops taking place as part of RMIT University and Merri-bek City Council’s collaborative project: ‘Circular Campus to Community’.

Sessions will be led by experts from RMIT’s School of Fashion & Textiles and College of Vocational Education, and are open to anyone living, working, studying or just visiting Merri-bek!

This Program is a wonderful opportunity to gain circular skills, meet likeminded creatives, and continue to care for your clothes and the planet!

Please note: after these workshops, you will be invited to complete an anonymous online survey. The survey will gather your feedback on the event and your experiences participating and may be used for academic research purposes. Data will only be collected with your consent.

 

 

 

What is the Circular Campus to Community Project?

Merri-bek City Council (MCC) and RMIT have a shared vision to build meaningful connections out into industry, community, and academia to support social, economic, environmental, and cultural benefit and opportunities.

The RMIT x MCC: ‘Circular Campus to Community’ (CCC) Project seeks to practically foster just, place-based circularity efforts. Activity will connect the RMIT Brunswick campus community with the wider Merri-bek community across a range of experiments, workshops, activations, and events, allowing for skills and knowledge sharing, and improved circular understanding and practices.

Over 2026, CCC will deliver a series of collaborative and connected circularity themed programming. Activities will be structured under five streams: Regenerate, Repair, Recycle, Redesign, Rethink, with a focus on textiles creation, repair, and care, through knowledge and skill sharing.

Find more information on all events at placelab.rmit.edu.au

A QR code.

Brunswick 3
CYCLE 02 2023

Wear & Care

Next Project