Week of Events
Monday, November 17, 2025
No events on this day.
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
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November 18, 2025 -Craft Club
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November 18, 2025 -DIY Cookbook Stand
Craft Club
Join the creative folks at Perennial for Craft Club! Each month, we host this happy hour event to test out our newest craft ideas while building a sustainable, creative community. All of the materials + instruction will be provided for a surprise, bite-sized craft. Whether you have a lot or just a little experience with... Read more »
DIY Cookbook Stand
Skills you'll learn: bandsaw, select hand tools Materials saved from the landfill: wood Say goodbye to losing your place in your cookbook + staining its pages! In this class you'll learn how to use power tools to make your very own cookbook stand using reclaimed wood. This design holds standard-sized cookbooks as well as tablets.... Read more »
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
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November 19, 2025 -Paper Bead Earrings
Paper Bead Earrings
Materials saved from the landfill: magazines, scrap paper, copper electrical wire Skills you'll learn: basic wire wrapping, paper beads Learn best practices for making beautiful paper and copper wire earrings. With salvaged magazine pages, you'll make your own glue solution to make colorful rigid paper bead swirls. After your beads are formed you'll use snips... Read more »
Thursday, November 20, 2025
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November 20, 2025 -Visible Mending With Patches
Visible Mending With Patches
Materials saved from the landfill: textiles Skills you’ll learn: embroidery stitches such as the running stitch, chain stitch, + more Use original embroidery designs to revive stained + hole-y clothing. You will learn several embroidery stitches and use them to create an original embroidered patch perfectly fit to your garment and personal style!
Friday, November 21, 2025
No events on this day.
Saturday, November 22, 2025
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November 22, 2025 -Community Clothing Swap
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November 22, 2025 -Bushcraft: Basket Weaving
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November 22, 2025 -Hand Sewing 101
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November 22, 2025 -Intro to Circular Weaving
Community Clothing Swap
Our next swap will take place on Saturday, November 22nd from 10am–12pm at the Quaker Meeting House at 1001 Park Avenue. Want to be the first to learn when swap tickets go on sale? Become a Reuser+ member to support Perennial's non-profit mission and receive member benefits and updates. Join or upgrade today. How exactly... Read more »
Bushcraft: Basket Weaving
Materials saved from the landfill: plant materials Skills you'll learn: weaving, lashing, identifying plant materials suitable for basket making Learn how to create your own baskets using sustainably foraged plants materials! You'll learn how to harvest + weave the stems of plants from Perennial's Outdoor Classroom to make your own 10" basket. Plants you'll use... Read more »
Hand Sewing 101
Materials saved from the landfill: fabrics, garments Skills you'll learn: fabric identification, variety of stitches, button + patch attachment Gone are the days of getting rid of a shirt because a button fell off, or having to run to a tailor because a seam ripped. In this class you'll learn practical hand sewing skills that... Read more »
Intro to Circular Weaving
Materials saved from the landfill: fabric scraps, yarn, orphaned embroidery hoops Skills you'll learn: warping a circular loom, tabby weave, weaving knots and loops Coasters and placemats and rugs, oh my! This circular weaving technique creates a beautifully textured + colorful round work of art while breathing new life into secondhand fabric and yarn. No... Read more »
Sunday, November 23, 2025
No events on this day.