Steadfast Sewing Club & Thaís Muniz

Over six sessions, from April to June, 2026, Thaís Muniz and Steadfast Sewing Club connected over their love of textiles and explored ideas and hands-on techniques.

This group of women exchanged skills and knowledge as they shared their culture’s aesthetics and their sewing, print-making and dying skills. This social coming together opened up opportunities for people to discuss their lives and experiences in a safe and supported space.

During these sessions, they tried out the adiré dying technique, learning the process together using fabric they had to hand and dying materials sourced from a Dublin-based company.

In one of their final sessions, Thaís and the Steadfast Sewing Club met with Kate O’Shea whose work was being exhibited in the main gallery of VISUAL. Kate’s work uses textiles as a form of communication and protest, imprinting conversations, essays and inspirations into her work. This was a source of inspiration and ambition for the group.

Alongside this, during Carlow Arts Festival 2026, Thaís ran an open workshop in appliqué, inviting the public to join her and learn about how to refresh old clothes and fabrics.

Thaís Muniz

Thaís Muniz is a Brazilian-Irish artist based in Dublin. She is interested in creating communal safe spaces and fostering connections between inherited and acquired identities and memories. Muniz’s work involves performance, installation, and textile, proposing reconnection, change, and healing from an anti-colonial perspective. Her work also unfolds through intimate learning practices via workshops and urban interventions. Her education includes a BA in Fashion Design from Salvador University, Brazil, and a Master's in Art and Research Collaboration from IADT.

Steadfast Sewing Club

Steadfast Sewing Club is a community group that formed over the last two years in Carlow Town. They come together to learn from each other, to sew and repair clothes and household items, to make new garments and to socialise, have tea and share news. They connect over their shared values and interests in using recycled materials and repairing clothes rather than throwing them away as well as their shared cultural heritage.

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