Brazilian-style Jeans Embroidery

Fri, 6 June to Sat, 7 June, 2-5 p.m.

Brazilian embroidery is a very floral, large-scale, rather coarse embroidery ... very colourful and a mixture of different, very specific stitches.

Embroidery techniques are learnt using specific motifs and applied to a pair of trousers. But that's not all: beads, sequins and tassels are added to the mix. Different types of stitches and material science are taught while doing it.

Course instructor: Viktoria Demiray, graduate designer with training at the Spengergasse Textile College, works as a freelance jewellery and textile designer in Vienna.

After the workshop, there will be an opportunity to visit the exhibition Who’s Wearing the Pants? accompanied by a cultural mediator from the museum. Whether precisely pressed or in a casual baggy look – they are a global phenomenon and seemingly familiar to us all. They are a symbol of cultural and social identity and the material for fashion statements: trousers.

From 25 March 2025, the Weltmuseum Wien will be taking a journey through 3,000 years of trouser history from all over the world in its new special exhibition Who’s Wearing the Pants? Treasures and many a quirky find from all the collections of the Weltmuseum Wien, the Theatermuseum, the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien and objects on loan from Austrian museums and international collections will be on display.

In cooperation with the Wiener Kunst Volkshochschule, selected courses will be held on the premises of the Weltmuseum Wien. You can find the entire Kunst VHS programme here: Programme Kunst VHS

Duration: 4 hrs.
Participation: € 48 (price for annual ticket holders: € 36)
Ticket/ Booking via the portal of the VHS Kunst: https://www.vhs.at/de/k/294706705 (VHS-Nr. 10646253)
The course price includes admission to the Weltmuseum Wien. If you have an annual ticket of the KHM-Museumsverband, please let Kunst VHS know so that you do not have to pay the entrance fee additionally: diekunstvhs@vhs.at / +43 1 891 74 154 000.
Participant information: Please bring: colourful 6-ply embroidery threads, braids and ribbons, various beads and sequins (can be purchased from the instructor during the course), embroidery needles with point, scissors, fabric remnants in a neutral colour, coloured pencils or felt-tip pens, jeans on which the motif is to be embroidered, sewing needle and thread in the colour of the jeans.
Additional information: The course takes place with a minimum of 8 participants.
Meeting place: Hall of Columns