{"product_id":"bring-two-things","title":"Bring Two Things — a fundraising evening for the Flying Doctor","description":"\u003cp\u003eEveryone who sews has two garments in the wardrobe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere's the one you're proud of — the fit that finally worked, the fabric that did what you hoped, the thing people ask you about.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd there's the other one. The one that went wrong somewhere you still can't quite identify, that you spent three weekends on, and that has never once left the house. See pictures for one of my worse examples of epic failure!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBring both.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow the evening works\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEight conversations in an hour. It runs a bit like speed dating, but way more fun! No judgement, just supportive suggestions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou'll be in pairs, swapping every seven minutes. Two garments each, seven minutes, then everyone moves. Seven minutes is short on purpose — long enough to turn something inside out and get a real answer, too short for anyone to get stuck being polite.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the end of the hour you'll have had your work looked at properly by eight people, and looked properly at theirs. Most of us never get that once.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere's a box on the table. Any time you and your partner can't work out what went wrong with something, write it on a card and put it in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen we sit down and I open the box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBetween us we'll try and work out what happened — why the drape collapsed, why the shoulders pull, why that fabric was never going to do what the pattern wanted. Forty-five years of sewing has taught me that almost every disaster has a reason, and that the reason is usually more interesting than the garment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat if I don't have a disaster?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou do. It might not look like one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf you rescued it\u003c\/strong\u003e — unpicked it, recut it, made it wearable — bring it and tell us what it was before. A rescue is the most useful thing in the room, because you're the only person who already knows the answer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf you abandoned it\u003c\/strong\u003e, bring it unfinished. Half a garment with the pockets still pinned on absolutely counts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf you never wear it\u003c\/strong\u003e and you can't say why, bring that. Working out why is the whole evening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf it's gone\u003c\/strong\u003e — binned, donated, cut up for something else — bring a photo, or just bring the story. Some of the best failures only exist as a description now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne good thing and one difficult thing is the idea. Nobody is checking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho it's for\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnyone who sews. There's no skill level attached to this evening, and nothing you bring needs to be finished, good, or worn in public.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you've been sewing for six months, come. If you've been sewing for thirty years, come — you'll be the person somebody else needed to sit opposite.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSewing is mostly done on your own. Even in a room full of people you're at a machine, and a machine doesn't make conversation easy. It has a language of its own, too — there's no point telling someone who doesn't sew that you should have staystitched the neckline.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat you're actually buying is an evening with twenty-nine other people who understand why you're upset about a sleeve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy we're doing it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery cent from every ticket goes to the Royal Flying Doctor Service.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLast November the RFDS flew my husband Matthew 583 kilometres from Esperance to Perth for the emergency surgery that saved his life. This October we're each cycling that distance to raise money for them, and this evening is part of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can read the whole story here: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/weftandwarp.com.au\/blogs\/news\/why-were-cycling-583-kilometres-this-october\"\u003eWhy we're cycling 583 kilometres this October\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen:\u003c\/strong\u003e Friday 16 October 2026, 6.00pm to 8.30pm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere:\u003c\/strong\u003e Weft and Warp, 3 Altree Court, Phillip ACT 2606\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat to bring:\u003c\/strong\u003e Two things you've made. One you're proud of, one that didn't work. Bring them in a bag — you'll be carrying them around the room.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncluded:\u003c\/strong\u003e A drink and something to eat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNumbers:\u003c\/strong\u003e Thirty places. When they're gone, they're gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA note on refunds\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTickets aren't refundable, since the money goes straight to the Flying Doctor rather than staying with us — but they are transferable. If you can't make it, send a friend.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Weft And Warp","offers":[{"title":"Friday 16 October 2026","offer_id":62699211030609,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0624\/0190\/4721\/files\/01-red-dress-back-view.jpg?v=1790049724","url":"https:\/\/weftandwarp.com.au\/products\/bring-two-things","provider":"Weft And Warp","version":"1.0","type":"link"}