Perennial

We are so excited to share the news that we've been selected as one of this year's Heartland Craft Guilds Grantees! 🤩 We're planning to use these grants to improve accessibility through the form of plumbing upgrades, a front door ramp, and a more user-friendly website. Stay tuned for updates as we're able to implement improvements!

📣 Congratulations to the Heartland Craft Guilds awardees!

Designed to strengthen organizational leadership, operations, and aid long-term sustainability for craft guilds, this program provides unrestricted funding and a year of technical assistance. maaa.org/news/heartland-craft-guilds-grants-15-organizations-craft-traditions-mid-america

Arkansas
The Bella Vista Calico Cut-Ups Quilt Guild — Bella Vista
Lucky Star Handmade — Yellville
Ozark Folkways — Winslow

Kansas
Kaw Point fibershed — Wichita

Missouri
Big Muddy Rug Hookers — Boonville
KC Clay Guild — Kansas City
Perennial — St. Louis

Nebraska
Handweavers Guild of Lincoln, Nebraska — Lincoln
The Whiteclay Makerspace — White Clay

Oklahoma
Scissor Tales Quilt Guild — Oklahoma City
Vinita Potters Guild — Vinita

Texas
Brazos Spinners and Weavers Guild — Bryan
Native American Cultural Center — Austin
Medicinal Gourds — Austin
SiNaCa Studios School of Glass and Gallery — Fort Worth

📸 (left to right) courtesy of Heartland Craft Guilds grantees: Brazos Spinners and Weavers Guild, Kaw Point Fibershed, Vinita Potters Guild, Medicinal Gourds, and Brazos Spinners and Weavers Guild.

Reminder that you have until 5p today to drop off your donations to the clothing swap! We're waiting for you at the Meeting House - 1001 Park Ave, St. Louis, MO 63104

⭐⭐Tickets to the swap are not needed to donate - ANYONE may donate!

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Join us on Aug 20, 6-8p for Tools 101: Drills + Sander + Planer. Learn how to safely and effectively cut reclaimed wood, how to create joinery and attach hardware to your projects, and how to smooth and shape your wood projects with the belt sander and thickness planer. Sign up now at https://perennialstl.org/event/tools-101-drills-sander-planer-20/

By completing this crash course, you will be trained to properly and safely use the power drill, drill press, belt sander, and planer for future projects + open studio time at Perennial!

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Perennial Yard Sale a few weekends ago, we diverted 618.85 pounds of material from the landfill in one day! It was amazing seeing so many supplies, tools, and pieces of furniture go home with everyone, and we're looking forward to next year already.

Ever wondered what to do with the scraps left over from your sewing + textile projects? Textile artist Kate Hargis will teach you how to give them a new life by turning those scraps into treasures that can be used in even more projects! You’ll learn two different techniques for making yarn out of scraps in our Make Your Own Yarn class on Aug 18, 6-8p. Sign up now at https://perennialstl.org/event/make-your-own-yarn-3/

We've got three more opportunities for you to drop off Community Clothing Swap donations this week! Stop by the Meeting House (1001 Park Ave, St. Louis, MO 63104) during one of the following times to drop off your donations. Reminder that ANYONE can donate clothes - no swap tickets required - and all leftovers go to local STL community closets + organizations, so there's no such thing as too many donations.

👚 Wednesday, August 12th from 4p-6p @ the Meeting House
👗Thursday, August 13th from 4p-6p @ the Meeting House
🧦Friday, August 14th from 12p-5p @ the Meeting House

Find more info about volunteering, donating, and attending our Community Clothing Swaps at https://perennialstl.org/community-clothing-swaps/

Thrift Flip: Button Downs on 8/15 🧵✨ Give secondhand button-downs a second life in this hands-on sewing workshop. You’ll learn simple tailoring and creative rework techniques to transform everyday thrift store shirts into custom, wearable pieces that fit your unique style. Bring your creativity, apply your sewing skills, and keep perfectly good clothes out of the landfill: https://perennialstl.org/event/thrift-flip-button-downs-4/

TODAY is the only day to drop your clothing swap donations off at Perennial! We've got the craft van parked out front ready for donations, so bring them by any time between 11a-5p. ANYONE may donate clothing - tickets to the swap not required. Please practice good swap karma and only donate clean items in a condition that you would be willing and excited to take home!

✨ A small number of community clothing swap tickets are still available at https://perennialstl.org/event/community-clothing-swap/

✨ We need a few more volunteers to help with set up, organization, and breakdown for the clothing swap - join us out by signing up for a shift or two: https://dash.pointapp.org/events/743819

Freebie Friday @ the ReUse Shop: we've got rooted tradescantia cuttings! Stop by the shop today, 11a-5p, to pick up this week's project supplies + grab a plant cutting on your way out the door. 🌱

Shop hours, stock + location: https://perennialstl.org/shop/shop-project-supplies/