The sewing workshop in Jönköping municipality combines sustainability, creativity, and work training, according to officials. The workshop reupholsters furniture, repairs work clothes, and creates new products from existing materials. Many participants cannot sew at all when they start and develop step by step, said work supervisor Juliet Butrus Yousif.
A large part of the workshop's work involves creating products for preschools and schools, such as dolls, dress-up clothes, and weighted aids. In 2025, the workshop collaborated with Rosenlundsherrgård to sew costumes for their theater. "Educators come to us with different needs that we try to solve together. Then we produce products that are adapted to the children's everyday lives," Yousif said.
The second-hand shop in the same premises is open weekdays 10–15. It is not advertised to avoid competing with other second-hand shops, and proceeds go to a charitable organization. "We always try to use what we have instead of buying new. That makes everything we create unique," Yousif added.
Juliet Butrus Yousif has worked in the sewing workshop for ten years. The workshop received the environmental award for schools and preschools in 2024. "The sewing workshop shows how reuse and sustainable solutions can create value for participants, operations, and the entire municipality," Yousif said.