Homegrown: a day of Irish fibres

This Dublin Independent Fashion Week, we bring you day to learn about what Irish-grown fibres are available to designers and makers! Experience our homegrown fibres through the Soil-to-Soil exhibition. Learn about the past, present, and future of linen on this island through a documentary and immersive VR experience. And discover the power of 5% through a hands-on decorative stitches workshop, where you'll get a chance to craft your own signature detail to a garment, using only Irish-grown yarns!

Schedule:
11:00 - 11:30am • Flax: Threads of Time documentary screening (free, booking required)
12:00 - 2:00pm • Cúpla Snáithe decorative stitches workshop (€20, limited capacity)
2:15 - 2:45 • Flax: Threads of Time documentary screening (free, booking required)
3:00 - 5:00pm • Cúpla Snáithe decorative stitches workshop (€20, limited capacity)

The exhibition and the Flax VR experience are open for viewing from 11:00am - 5:00pm

Homegrown: a day of Irish fibres is brought to you by:

The Soil-so-Soil exhibition is made up of pieces by Fibreshed Ireland members. 
Cúpla Snaithe is a project by Fibreshed Ireland member Eva Kerley.
The Flax: Threads of Time documentary and VR experience was produced by Kathy Kirwan of the Flax Lín community group and Wombat Media.

With support from:

The production and screening of the Flax: Threads of Time documentary and VR experience have been supported by the Shared Island Civic Society Fund, managed by the Government of Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.