Hello Everyone, despite feeling bad and trying to ignore it I think people actually really like to read blogs.... for me its a time shortage, not a shortage of things to say. I would really like to share with you all about lots of things going on at Harland Works, and all the things I've made for friends and family and all the other things that I think are important in the craft, eco and fashion worlds.
For those of you that can remember I stopped buying new clothes in Jan 2012, except for basic essentials such as underwear, shoes (obviously) and long sleeve t-Shirts. This was mainly due to not being able to close my wardrobe and having so many clothes I don't really wear. Since then any 'new' clothes I have either made, or bought from charity shops to wear / upcycle, or exchanged at Sheffield Clothing Exchange. Landfill stats for clothing are shocking and the disaster in the Bangladesh Clothing Factory hopefully highlighted the conditions people work in to produce low value clothing for European markets.
So now no new clothes for 1 year and 9 months and I'm not really missing it to be honest.
So lots of things have been created since I last blogged - Circle Project (embellished and free machine embroidery), lots of little owl broaches for gifts, a pink dress in progress, a green linen summer top, a lampshade, a decoupage giraffe, a free machine embroidered new home gift, a recycled sausage dog draft excluder and lots more.... the bay window curtains are finally finished too so I will post some photos soon.
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