STITCH KITCHEN is a project of JUST ATELIER TRUST, founded in 2015 by fashion entrepreneurs Fiona Clements (Senorita AweSUMO) and Fiona Jenkin, who shared a passion for seeking a local solution to a global problem of social and environmental waste in the fashion industry.

Our Mission:
To inspire and build community through creative textile practices to reduce textile waste and its impact on our environment.

Key Goals:

1. Waste Minimisation:
Diverting materials that would otherwise end up as landfill

2. Community Development:
Collaborate with local community groups and organisations and volunteers to develop projects that use resources to meet community needs

3. Creative Learning:
Providing lifeskills and opportunities for creative self expression by sharing skills in textile crafts in a wide range of classes and workshops


Key Values:

Resourcefulness/Sustainability
Kindness/Wellbeing
Problem solving/Positivity
Creativity/Learning
Diversity/Inclusivity and
Integrity/Accountability


Just Atelier Trust is grateful for funding support through grants, public donations, and fees paid for services and hire of resources.  We are extremely grateful for the support of DUNEDIN CITY COUNCIL City Services fund; CREATIVE NEW ZEALAND Creative Communities Scheme; and New Zealand LOTTERIES.


For further information, please contact us.
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