Jane Milburn of Textile Beat shares living simply and slow clothing philosophy with councils, schools and community groups through talks and workshops. Jane Milburn Textile Beat consultancy To discuss opportunities, contact Jane on 0408 787 964 or jane@textilebeat.com
ACTIVITY for 2024
QLD – talk at Cleveland Library, Redland City Council – 13 January 10.30am-12noon
QLD – talk at Chapel Hill Probus Club, The Kenmore – 16 January 11am
QLD – talk at Hamilton Library, Brisbane City Council – 20 January 11am
QLD – workshop at Carindale Library Makerspace, Brisbane City Council – 21 January 12noon-3pm
QLD – A Garden of Possibility exhibition launch, Saturday 17 Feb, 10am, The Centre, Beaudesert
QLD – guest speaker Zonta Dinner at Alexandra Hills – Thursday 7 March
QLD – guest speaker Embroiders Guild Queensland – Saturday 9 March
QLD – talk at Toowong Library, Brisbane City Council – 16 March 1-2.30pm
QLD – Stitching Circles workshop, Mayes Cottage Kingston, Logan City Council – 13 April 10.30am-1.30pm
QLD – Slow Clothing talk, Logan North Library, Logan City Council – 18 April 6-7.30pm
QLD – Regenerating clothes workshop, Beenleigh Library – 20 April, 10am-1pm
ACTIVITY for 2023
ZOOM – Textile & Tea podcast – October 10
QLD – Brisbane Library talk 11am – September 23
QLD – Zonta Conference Mackay – September 9-11
QLD – Probus Club Indooroopilly talk 11am – September 5
QLD – Mitchelton Library talk 1.30pm – September 2
QLD – Petrie Terrace Gallery talk and workshop – August 26
QLD – QCWA Moggill 10am – August 24
QLD – QCWA Oxley 2pm – August 20
QLD – Strathpine Library 1.30pm – August 7
QLD – Bribie Island Library 10am – August 7
QLD – Botanical Bazaar talk at Gold Coast – August 6
QLD – Soroptimist International Logan talk – July 9
QLD – Bracken Ridge library workshop – June 10
QLD – Karana Downs Garden Club friendship group talk – June 6
QLD – Mt Tamborine Sustainable Gardeners talk – May 27
QLD – Carindale Library makers sessions – May 14, May 28
QLD – Carindale Library slow clothing talk – May 4
QLD – Artisans – March 18 – Stitching Circles
QLD – Indooroopilly Library slow clothing talk – February 11
ACTIVITY for 2022:
QLD – QCWA Brisbane City Nights Branch – November 23
QLD – Noosaville Library – November 10
NSW – Mosman online session – November 8
QLD – Permaculture Toowoomba – October 31 6.3pm Toowoomba Library
NSW – Mosman Art Gallery hall – October 20
GLOBAL – Wardrobe Revolution Weekend, Selvedge Magazine, October 8
QLD – Botanical Baazar Gold Coast – August 6
QLD – WOW Logan – July 16
QLD – Griffith University enactus workshop – March 11
ACTIVITY for 2021:
Online – Towards sustainable dressing – Australian Sewing Guild, November 27
QLD – Circular Textile approaches – Circular Economy Futures, October 27
QLD – Yarning and upcycling – Tamborine Mountain, Resilient Women, October 23
Online – Ethical fashion session – Newcastle Schools, October 13
NSW – The Sustainable Wardrobe – Ella’s Farm, Saturday April 17, 1-5pm
QLD – Permaculture your Wardrobe – APC, April 14, 1.30-3pm , Redland Bay
QLD – Slow Your Wardrobe – Northey Street City Farm Saturday March 27 9am-noon
QLD – Upcycling Masterclass at Picots Farm, Warwick – Sunday March 21 9am-4pm
QLD – Caloundra Community Centre upcycling session – March 13 for International Women’s Day
NZ – Slow Fashion Talk – Stitch Kitchen (via zoom) Monday March 1, 6-7.30pm (NZ time) or 3-4.30pm (AEST)
ACTIVITY for 2020 includes:
ONLINE: Ethical Fashion Festival 9-13 November with GCWWRRG: Upcycling as a way of life with Jane Milburn, 10 November 10-11.30am AEDT online and rerun at 6-7pm AEDT
ONLINE: Upcycling as a way of life Tuesday November 10 at 7-8pm with Yarra Libraries
QLD – Pomona Community House – October 16-18, 8.30am-4.30pm – Taking up the upcycling challenge
ONLINE – Upcycling as a way of life – HEIA professional development zoom session – October 8 at 5pm AEDT
QLD Pine Rivers Heritage Museum – Conscious Consumerism conversation starter: closer, fresher, better – September 12, 11am – 12.30pm
ONLINE – Upcycling as a way of life – Upcycle Recycle Design Studio – September 11 4pm, 7 Clovelly Road, Randwick NSW
ONLINE – Zero Waste Festival Online – Slow Fashion – June 7, 10am-1pm
ONLINE – April 27 from 6-7.30pm The Future of Sustainable Fashion in the post-COVID world with UQ Oxfam
ONLINE – April 21 from 6-7.30pm New Economy in Action with Brisbane Tool Library
Deferred due to COVID-19 pandemic … JAPAN, US, UK, Netherlands, Germany – Churchill Fellowship study tour – April 6-late June
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic … QLD WOW Festival, Tshirt yarning workshop Saturday April 4, Little Black Dress goes Green panel, April 5
QLD Women United in Conversation: Slow and sustainable – Gympie Regional Art Gallery – March 14, 1.30pm Everything old is new again with House of Artisan March 14 9.30am
QLD Conversation starter: supporting local farmers, Pine Rivers Heritage Museum, February 15, 10am-11.30am
QLD Patching Perfection, at Adderton House, January 7 and 14, 10.30am-1pm
ACTIVITY for 2019 included:
QLD Mending circle – Food Connect, 8 Textile Cres, Salisbury, December 15, 3-5pm
QLD Upcycling masterclass – West End Croquet Club – November 29, 9.30am-4pm
QLD WornOUT? 2019 – The Princess Theatre, 8 Annerley Road, Woolloongabba, November 23, 7pm
QLD Moving beyond activism to actionism on climate – November 20, 3.30pm-6pm at Food Connect
QLD Slow Clothing talk and New life for old clothes upcycling – Cooroy Library and Noosaville Library – November 12
NSW HEIA conference – October 26
QLD Buderim – Fabric event – considered fashion design forum – September 26 at 6pm
QLD Biome Collective – 7pm September 10 talk – Be a slow fashion practitioner
QLD Brisbane Playback Theatre, Oxfam – Fast Fashion – Slow Clothes – 7 September
QLD Ipswich Library – workshop – 10 August 12-2pm
QLD Ipswich Library – talk – 10 August 9.30am
QLD Bond Uni – workshop Sustainable Youth Project with Erica Bates – 3 August
QLD Queensland Spinners Weavers and Fibre Association – workshop – July 21
QLD Queensland Spinners Weavers and Fibre Association – talk – July 6
QLD Brisbane Circular Economy Futures forum – June 20
QLD Logan Art Gallery – June 8 – Art can change everything
QLD Logan Hyperdome library – June 1 – talk Slow Clothing in a Fast World
QLD Gympie The Process of Mending workshop – May 25
QLD T-shirts reworked creative workshop, Sustainability Centre Carindale May 24
QLD Clothing Repair Cafe at Reverse Garbage Queensland May 11
QLD Fashion Revolution Brisbane weekend April 26-28
QLD Refashion – upcycling masterclass April 26 at The Edge
QLD Palmwoods, Sunshine Coast Council fabric, April 24 Dare to Repair 5.30-7.30pm
QLD Palmwoods, Sunshine Coast Council fabric, April 24 DIY sewing kit
QLD Zonta Bundaberg – March 9-10
QLD Logan North library – green heart art workshop – February 9
QLD Logan Central library – green heart art workshop – February 14
ACTIVITY for 2018 includes:
QLD WornIN workshops – November 27 and November 29 (and December 1)
QLD WornOUT? – Princess Theatre – November 24, 7-9pm
WA WAFTA creative refashion November 18
WA Eco Fashion Week Australia seminar – Fremantle – November 17
WA WAFTA clothing revival and resuscitation workshop November 16
QLD Noosa Council, Slow Clothing talk and workshop November 13
QLD Eco Fashion Week Australia seminar – Port Douglas – November 10
QLD Slow Clothing talk and upcycling workshop – Tambo – November 1-2
QLD Rush Festival – Art Lounge Chat – Gympie – October 17, 6-8pm
QLD Clothing Repair Cafe – Reverse Garbage Queensland – Woolloongabba – october 13, 1-4pm
QLD Slow Fashion Sustainable Clothing – QCWA Brisbane City Nights – September 26, 7pm
QLD Toowong library talk – September 22, 10-11am
QLD Upcycling session – Jimboomba Library – September 15, 9.30am
NSW Slow Clothing talks and workshop – Taree and Forster NSW – September 12-13
Book for Taree talk Taree workshop Forster talk Forster workshop
NSW The HAPPENSTORE – Sydney – upcycling residency September 3-7
NSW Parkes, New South Wales, August 31 talk and September 1-2 workshops Lifelong Learning Parkes library flyer
VIC Grampians Central West, sustainable fashion week August 26-29 Ballarat region events Victoria
QLD Revive unloved clothing – enrich with stitch – Artisan workshop Brisbane, August 25
QLD Creating a slow clothing culture session – HEIAQ Conference Brisbane – August 18
Bracken Ridge Library author talk – July 28
West End Library author talk – July 28
Indooroopilly Library author talk – July 27
Slow Clothing book talk Fabric 2018 program (pg 11)- Rosetta Books, Maleny Qld, July 1, 11am
Slow Clothing as lived practice talk Fabric 2018 program (pg 11) – Home Grown Cafe, Palmwoods, Qld, June 30, 3pm
New life for old clothes workshop Fabric 2018 program (pg 6) – Eumundi Qld, June 30, 9.30am-12.30pm
Wynnum Library author talk – June 28
Clothing Revival workshop at Ginninderry ACT – June 16, 1pm
A Conversation about Clothes – June 14, 6pm Canberra Environment Centre
Soul Craft Festival talk and workshop, Melbourne – June 9
Common Threads festival Perth – Jane Milburn at The Sound Temple May 29-31
Slow Clothing as a Lived Practice talk May 29 Western Australia
Mindful Mending May 30 Western Australia
A Conversation about Clothes May 30 Western Australia
Clothing Revival workshop May 31 Western Australia
T-Shirts Reworked workshop May 31 Western Australia
Campbell Town Agricultural Show, Tasmania – May 26 and 27
Tamborine Mountain library workshop – May 16, 1pm
Turramurra Library workshop, New South Wales – May 19, 1-4pm
Wagga Wagga NSW – May 11-12
Dunedin Library workshop NZ – May 4, 2-4pm
Dunedin Library talk NZ – April 23, 12.30pm
Logan West Library talk Qld – April 21, 2-3.30pm
Logan North Library workshop Qld – April 21, 10.30am-noon
The Clothing Repair Cafe, Reverse Garbage Queensland – April 14, 1-4pm
Slow Clothing Victorian launches with Costa Georgiadis 19 March
Women on Farms Gathering, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria 16-18 March
Hunter Valley library sessions, New South Wales – 8-10 March Newcastle Maitland Singleton
Simple Living session, Toowoomba – Saturday March 3
Beenleigh library talk – February 17, 10.30am
Artisan, Fortitude Valley Brisbane, conversation about clothes – February 10 at 2pm
Frank Fenner Foundation talk, February 7 at 5.30pm ANU Canberra SlowClothingflyer
Slow Clothing Canberra with Richard Denniss – Canberra launch February 7 at 12.30pm
Scenic Rim Regional Council libraries – January 15-16
ACTIVITY for 2017 included:
Slow Clothing the book – Brisbane launch only December 9
Slow Clothing the book – Sydney launch December 5 from 6pm at The Happenstore
Clothing Repair Cafe – November 18 – Reverse Garbage Queensland
Eco Fashion Week Australia – eco-seminar and workshop – November 25
Slow Clothing talk at Fair Harvest Permaculture Margaret River WA – November 26
Slow Clothing – Brisbane book launch – December 9
TEDxQUT – April 8
April 22 – Beaudesert – Earth Day
Fashion Revolution Week – April 24-30
Hillbrook Sustainability Day – May 13
May 19-21 – Makers Escape at Montville with Ministry of Handmade
Griffith University Eco-centre talk – May 24 book a place here
Clothing Repair Cafe – Reverse Garbage – 5 August 1-3pm
Natural fibres conversation – Ekka – 16 August
ReviveBNE – August 18 – pop-up secondhand fashion festival with workshops
HEIAQ regional workshops – Townsville 25 August and Cairns 14 October
Bribie Island Seaside Museum – upcycling – August 31
WORKSHOPS
We are limited only by our imaginations. We have fun. We work with whatever we have, with all age and experience levels. We adapt, refashion, repurpose, restyle and reinvent using no-sewing, hand-sewing and machine-sewing techniques. We prefer to work with natural fibres.
TALKS
- Our clothing story – covers ethical dilemmas
- Slow clothing manfesto – ways to be sustainable and reduce your material footprint
- Turn passion into purpose – harnessing your creativity for good
CONSULTANCIES, COMMISSIONS and other things
We influence and inspire change by campaigning for a more sustainable clothing culture. We provide writing, editing and strategic communications advice for clients.
Values
Textile Beat values authenticity, individuality, autonomy and purpose. We are committed to inspiring creative reuse of natural fibres, sharing traditional skills of sewing, mending and modifying. Our work aligns with the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: goal for sustainable consumption and production patterns.Contact Jane on 0408 787 964 or jane@textilebeat.com
