Recycle To Stitch
Day 16: Recycle To Stitch
Welsh translation: Y Mwydyn
“A collaboration between Eleanor and Sarah, Fast Fashion Therapy’s ambition is to create a more sustainable fashion industry through sharing clothing repair and up-cycling skills. Every month, we host free workshops at community spaces across London and online sharing ‘visible mending’, upcycling and essential sewing skills. Our workshops welcome people with a range of abilities and creative ambitions – we learn just as much from participants as they learn from us!
We chose this creative prompt to encourage people to look at the materials they already have in their home/office/school and think about them differently. Often when it comes to sewing and clothing repair, people feel they need to buy lots of new fabrics, yarns and equipment to get involved. In reality, so many of us have the simple materials and equipment you need to get started at home. Or if not, you can often borrow it from someone you know. We hope this prompt encourages you to think twice before buying something new (or getting rid of old clothing) so we can all be a little more sustainable in our creativity!”
Fast Fashion Therapy offer workshops at St Margarets House and you can find out more about their work, and the brilliant goings on at St Margarets House here https://64millionartists.com/st-margarets-house/
To find out more about Fast Fashion Therapy visit: https://64millionartists.com/fast-fashion-therapy/
Cydweithrediad rhwng Eleanor a Sarah yw Fast Fashion, a’r uchelgais yw creu diwydiant ffasiwn mwy cynaliadwy trwy rannu sgiliau trwsio ac uwchgylchu dillad. Pob mis rydym yn cynnig gweithdai rhad ac am ddim mewn gofodau cymunedol ledled Llundain ac ar-lein, gan rannu ‘trwsio gweladwy’, uwchgylchu a sgiliau gwnïo hanfodol. Mae croeso yn ein gweithdai i bobl ag ystod gallu ac ystod o uchelgeisiau creadigol – rydym ni’n dysgu llawn cymaint gan y rhai sy’n cymryd rhan ag y maen nhw’n ei ddysgu gennym ni!”.
https://64millionartists.com/st-margarets-house/
https://64millionartists.com/fast-fashion-therapy/
Do
Experiment with stitching using paper, card, fabric and other found or recycled materials around you. Use a piece of card as your base – or, if you like, use a bigger piece of fabric.
Use a pen to mark out 3 lines of dots. Use the pen to punch through the card to make holes on each of the dots. You can continue to make the holes as big as you like.
Once you have done this look around you to find materials to stitch or weave in between the holes to create a pattern. You could use scissors to cut strips of the pages from a magazine, colourful string, fabric, tights, scarves, or cut up elastic bands – depending on the size of your holes!
Try overlapping your stitches or going in different directions to create a pattern.
Hoffem i chi arbrofi trwy bwytho gan ddefnyddio papur, cerdyn neu unrhyw ddeunydd wedi’i ddarganfod neu ei ailgylchu!
Defnyddiwch ddarn o gerdyn fel sail i’ch gwaith (gall fod yn un ochr pecyn grawnfwyd neu ddarn o gerdyn A4 os oes gennych un). Yna defnyddiwch bren mesur a beiro i farcio 3 llinell o ddotiau, tua 2cm oddi wrth ei gilydd. Defnyddiwch y beiro i wneud tyllau trwy’r cerdyn ble mae pob dotyn.
Ar ôl gwneud hyn edrychwch o’ch cwmpas am ddeunyddiau y gallwch eu pwytho trwy’r tyllau i greu patrwm. Mae posib defnyddio siswrn i dorri stribedi o dudalennau cylchgrawn, neu gortyn lliwgar, neu fandiau elastig wedi’u torri. Gallwch wneud un pwyth dros y llall neu fynd i wahanol gyfeiriadau i greu patrwm.
P’run ai a ydych yn un sydd heb wnïo erioed o’r blaen ynteu’n un sydd yn pwytho bob dydd, rydym yn eich annog i ddefnyddio deunyddiau ‘anghyffredin’ yn hytrach nad edau neu edafedd er mwyn annog creadigrwydd a thrio rhywbeth newydd.
Think
Think about the clothes in your wardrobe – is there an item of clothing that needs some extra decoration? It could be your favourite jumper that has a stain that you need to cover up. Or maybe there’s a pair of jeans that you have fallen out of love with, could you stitch your pattern around the pocket to make them feel new? Think about the ways your paper stitching can inspire you to give your clothes a second lease of life.
Meddyliwch am y dillad yn eich cwpwrdd – oes yna ddilledyn sydd angen ychydig o addurn ychwanegol? Gallai fod eich hoff siwmper sydd â staen sydd angen ei guddio. Neu efallai bod yna bâr o jîns sydd ddim yn ffefryn bellach, a fyddai’n bosib i chi bwytho patrwm o amgylch y boced a gwneud iddynt deimlo fel dilledyn newydd?
Share
You can share today’s journey with creativity on social media by tagging us or using the hashtag #TheJanuaryChallenge Encourage your friends and family to join in to take the conversation further! Read our top tips for accessible sharing on social media.
Rhannwch eich campau creadigol gyda ni ar y cyfryngau cymdeithasol trwy ein tagio neu ddefnyddio’r hashnod #HerIonawr
Beth am annog ffrindiau a theulu i ymuno fel gall y sgwrs fynd ymhellach!
Darllenwch ein hawgrymiadau gwych er mwyn rhannu mewn modd hygyrch.
