This project is intended to create a connection between people in different cities who share a common interest in designing, altering and personalizing clothing and other wearable items. Helena Keeffe organized the first exchange, between makers in Minneapolis MN and Portland OR in 2001. She has since organized two additional exchanges, in 2002 between Minneapolis MN and NYC, and in 2005 between San Francisco and Oakland CA.
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International Garment Remake Exchange - 06/07
We are currently looking for someone in outside of the U.S. to co-lead a winter 2006/2007 exchange. Please email Helena at hykeeffe@yahoo.com if you are interested.

San Francisco CAOakland CA: exchange across the bay
In order to allow for makers to meet each other at the end of the exchange, the third was organized between two cities in close proximity.

Minneapolis MNNew York NY: number two
The second exchange took place between a new Minneapolis group and a group from New York, loosely associated with the Church of Craft and Make workshop. Read More >>

Minneapolis MNPortland OR: the first exchange
Helena first proposed the idea to Tanya Sakurai in Portland, OR as a way to connect two communities of makers who shared an interest in recycling and refashioning second hand garments. Read More >>