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Cancelled

Boomerang Bags Barrie

Drop-in Community Sewing Bee

Save a plastic bag. Learn sewing skills while making reusable fabric community bags for customers to take and return from participating local stores.

Volunteers can help with any of the following tasks:

  • Sew or learn to sew (BYO machine) there are two Library machines that may be available.
  • Fabric cutting, pinning and ironing.
  • Assemble do-at-home kits.

Boomerang Bags Barrie has a large goal that can only be accomplished with small and meaningful motions. They are working together to establish a support network for the Barrie Downtown that will eventually be extended to other neighbourhoods throughout the city in order to encourage plastic bag alternatives. Their mission is to start a conversation about consumption and action through community mobilization.

Boomerang Bags Barrie is working to provide free reusable bags fabricated out of locally recycled textiles to shops in the Downtown core that can be borrowed by shoppers who have forgotten their reusable bags. Community members donate fabric and other textiles which are then transformed into reusable bags by volunteer sewers. The bags can later be returned to any participating location in Barrie for another forgetful environmentalist to use.  

Find them on instagram: boomerangbagsbarrie and facebook: boomerang bags barrie.






AGE GROUP: | Teens | School-Aged Kids | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Tinker Lab / Creative Spaces |

TAGS: | |

Downtown Branch

AskUs@barrielibrary.ca
Phone: 705.728.1010

Hours

 

 
Mon, Mar 31 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Tue, Apr 01 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Wed, Apr 02 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Thu, Apr 03 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Fri, Apr 04 9:30AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Apr 05 9:30AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Apr 06 9:30AM to 5:00PM

About the branch

Our Downtown Branch is centrally located in the Downtown core at the corner of Worsley and Owen Streets. The building and facilities are fully accessible. Enjoy a beverage or a small snack from our Café located inside the lobby, use our complimentary wifi, experiment with technology and maker tools, or soak up the sun on our Rooftop Reading Garden.

Upcoming events

Cancelled
Mon, Mar 31, 10:00am - 10:30am

Cancelled
Mon, Mar 31, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Tue, Apr 01, 10:00am - 10:30am
Tinker Lab

Tue, Apr 01, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Gathering Place

Tue, Apr 01, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Tinker Lab

Tue, Apr 01, 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Gathering Place

Tue, Apr 01, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Oro Lions Room

Wed, Apr 02, 10:00am - 11:00am
Tinker Lab

Wed, Apr 02, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Angus Ross Room

Wed, Apr 02, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Gathering Place

Wed, Apr 02, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Angus Ross Room

Thu, Apr 03, 10:00am - 10:30am
Downtown Children's Picture Book Area, 2nd Floor

Thu, Apr 03, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Gathering Place

Thu, Apr 03, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Oro Lions Room
This event is full

Fri, Apr 04, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Tinker Lab

Sat, Apr 05, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Gathering Place

Sat, Apr 05, 10:00am - 11:00am
Tinker Lab

Sat, Apr 05, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Angus Ross Room

Sat, Apr 05, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Tinker Lab

Sun, Apr 06, 11:30am - 12:45pm
Angus Ross Room

Sun, Apr 06, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Tinker Lab

Mon, Apr 07, 10:00am - 10:30am
Downtown Children's Picture Book Area, 2nd Floor

Mon, Apr 07, 6:00pm - 8:45pm
Angus Ross Room

Tue, Apr 08, 10:30am - 11:30am
Tinker Lab

Tue, Apr 08, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Gathering Place

Tue, Apr 08, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Tinker Lab

Tue, Apr 08, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Oro Lions Room
This event is full

Wed, Apr 09, 10:00am - 11:00am
Tinker Lab

Wed, Apr 09, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Gathering Place

Wed, Apr 09, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Angus Ross Room

Thu, Apr 10, 10:00am - 10:30am
Downtown Children's Picture Book Area, 2nd Floor

Thu, Apr 10, 10:30am - 11:30am
Angus Ross Room
This event is full

Thu, Apr 10, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Oro Lions Room

Thu, Apr 10, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Oro Lions Room
This event is full

Thu, Apr 10, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Oro Lions Room

Fri, Apr 11, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Tinker Lab

Sat, Apr 12, 10:00am - 11:00am
Tinker Lab

Sat, Apr 12, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Gathering Place

Sat, Apr 12, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Angus Ross Room

Sat, Apr 12, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Tinker Lab

Sun, Apr 13, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Angus Ross Room

Sun, Apr 13, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Tinker Lab

Mon, Apr 14, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Angus Ross Room
This event is full

Mon, Apr 14, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Gathering Place

Mon, Apr 14, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Angus Ross Room

Tue, Apr 15, 10:30am - 11:30am
Tinker Lab

Tue, Apr 15, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Tinker Lab

Tue, Apr 15, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Oro Lions Room
This event is full

Wed, Apr 16, 10:00am - 11:00am
Tinker Lab

Wed, Apr 16, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Gathering Place

Wed, Apr 16, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Angus Ross Room

Thu, Apr 17, 10:00am - 10:30am
Downtown Children's Picture Book Area, 2nd Floor

Thu, Apr 17, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Oro Lions Room
This event is full

Thu, Apr 17, 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Sat, Apr 19, 10:00am - 11:00am
Tinker Lab

Sat, Apr 19, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Gathering Place

Sat, Apr 19, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Tinker Lab

Tue, Apr 22, 10:30am - 11:30am
Tinker Lab

Tue, Apr 22, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Tinker Lab

Tue, Apr 22, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Oro Lions Room
This event is full

Wed, Apr 23, 10:00am - 11:00am
Tinker Lab

Wed, Apr 23, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Gathering Place

Wed, Apr 23, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Angus Ross Room

Thu, Apr 24, 10:00am - 10:30am
Downtown Children's Picture Book Area, 2nd Floor

Thu, Apr 24, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Oro Lions Room
This event is full

Fri, Apr 25, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Tinker Lab

Sat, Apr 26, 10:00am - 11:00am
Tinker Lab

Sat, Apr 26, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Gathering Place

Sat, Apr 26, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Tinker Lab

Sat, Apr 26, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Angus Ross Room
Registration opens Saturday, April 5 2025 at 9:00am

Sun, Apr 27, 1:30pm - 4:00pm
Angus Ross Room

Sun, Apr 27, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Tinker Lab

Mon, Apr 28, 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Angus Ross Room

Mon, Apr 28, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Gathering Place

Tue, Apr 29, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Tinker Lab

Tue, Apr 29, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Oro Lions Room
This event is full

Wed, Apr 30, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Gathering Place

Wed, Apr 30, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Angus Ross Room