Gulliver’s Swap Stop

Gulliver’s Tag & Trade is a hands-on swap and making workshop led by Change Clothes as part of Culture D8. Inspired by the spirit of Gulliver’s Travels, the event invites participants to reflect on movement, exchange and storytelling through clothing. Audiences are encouraged to bring a small selection of good-quality items to swap, then take part in a relaxed drop-in workshop to design and make their own luggage tag using rescued scrap textiles, trims and haberdashery from the Change Clothes scrap store.

The session blends practical skill-building with creativity and conversation. Participants can expect simple guided demonstrations, plenty of materials to work with, and a welcoming social atmosphere where making happens alongside swapping. Each finished tag becomes a small personal artefact of travel, marking journeys taken, imagined or yet to come.

The event connects strongly to the Gulliver 300 theme by exploring scale, travel and perspective through everyday materials, while also reflecting Culture D8’s focus on creativity, community participation and sustainability. Delivered by the Change Clothes team from our Dublin 8 hub, the workshop highlights how reuse can be joyful, accessible and rooted in place, offering audiences a chance to slow down, connect with others and leave with something practical they’ve made themselves.