As fashion fans grapple with the environmental impact of the clothing industry , they are looking for alternative ways to shop. Chief among them is secondhand shopping and upcycling , a process in which people transform waste fabric or existing products into new clothing. On TikTok, […] Click here to view original web page at […]
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Your step-by-step DIY guide to making curtains
It’s easier than you think (Picture: Marc Sethi / Metro.co.uk) Do you want professional standard curtains, but don’t want to pay the price? Believe it or not, it’s possible to make your own with Gemma Moulton’s top tips. And no, they won’t look like the product of a haphazard […] Click here to view original […]
Bisa Butler’s stunning quilted portraits celebrate Black identity and African roots
Brilliantly colored and full of visual drama, Bisa Butler’s larger-than-life sized quilted portraits are nearly indistinguishable from paintings. Creating works that have appeared on the cover of Time Magazine, and sold at auction for up to $75,000, Butler is taking quilting into the realms of high art. For over […] Click here to view original […]
Dublin woman’s money-saving sewing hack to repair her old clothes
Ann’s sewing class A Dublin woman is saving a fortune by repairing clothes instead of replacing them. Ann Corcoran of Rips and Zips clothing alterations has spent the past 45 years of her life sewing. And she noticed that there isn’t many people doing it anymore, so she decided […] Click here to view original […]
This 25-year-old B.C. artist built her own independent fashion brand
Casey Lamb, 25, has spent the last seven years building her own fashion brand — one that’s getting noticed by big name celebrities like Carly Rae Jepsen and Bebe Rexha. (Josh Huculiak) This story is part of the CBC Creator Network series. The Creator Network amplifies the voices of […] Click here to view original […]
Students Sew Teddy Bears for Waterbury Firefighters to Comfort Local Children
A little act of kindness can go a long way and that was the message that sixth, seventh and eighth graders at West Side Middle School in Waterbury hope to share with the public. “I put all my love when I was making the teddy bears,” Genesis Garcia, an […] Click here to view original […]