Have plans on Monday night? Well, you do now! Dust off your crafty pants and come join us for our weekly Craft Night at the Etsy Labs in Brooklyn. Each craft night is also broadcast live into in the Treehouse room of the Virtual Labs. All demos will be shown both in the Labs in Brooklyn and in the Treehouse online.

Craft Night occurs every Monday from 4-8pm EDT at 325 Gold Street, 3rd floor in Brooklyn, New York.  Each week the Etsy Labs organize a skill-sharing project. We provide supplies, tools, snacks, and know-how. Participants are also welcome to bring their own project to work on independently. Craft night is a time to make things, learn new skills, and hang out.

 
This week, on Monday, September 22, we’re doing applique! Applique is a surface design technique in which pieces of fabric are sewn or fused together to create images and designs. This technique is great for embellishing clothing, tote bags, banners, quilts, wall-hangings, and any other fabric-based projects. We will demonstrate how to fuse fabric together and sew fabric images. This project is open to people with all levels of sewing experience. If you have no sewing experience at all, this is a great opportunity to get familiar with using a sewing machine. If you do have sewing skills up your sleeve, join us for a lovely evening of stitching, and maybe you’ll get to help a newbie discover the charm of sewing!

Please bring an item to applique upon, such as an article of clothing, totebag, or pillowcase. We will have spare fabric available if you would rather just practice or sew your own item to applique onto.

If you are joining us virtually for Craft Night this week and would like to applique along with us, you’ll need a few supplies: fabric, fabric scissors, fusible web (such as Wonder Under or Heat & Bond), an iron, a sewing machine (or needle and thread, if you don’t have access to one), and any embellishments you would like to use (such as fringe, ribbons, buttons, lace, sequins, bedazzling supplies, etc).,  Or, just be ready to take some notes and see if this is a project you’d like to try out later on.

Would you like to lead a craft night project? Send your ideas to labs@etsy.com with "Craft Night idea" as the subject line. 

Have you participated in Craft Night? Share your photos with the Etsy Labs Show and Tell Flickr group!

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Will we see you Monday? Let us know in the comments!