Textile art, fashion and home accessories made from recycled or remnant materials
Based in my home studio in the centre of Derby, I combine my life-long love of sewing and textiles with an equally long-standing habit of recycling.
My work spans a very wide spectrum - from exhibited textile art to fashion and home accessories. What links it all is that everything is made from recycled or remnant materials. Sewing thread, and paint for backgrounds and frames, are the only things I allow myself to buy (and people donate me so much fabric that I don't even need to buy it from charity shops!).
I make unique textile creations to wear - all from recycled and remnant fabrics - jackets from old curtains, blouses from embroidered tablecloths, hats and brooches from felted sweaters, evening dresses from stitched together fabric samples ... and it's the same with my textile art - absolutely everything is recycled, but this time including not only fabric but frames, keys, buttons, rusty zips, beads, bottle tops and string!
Take a look ...
Bags made from discarded curtain headings
Party frock made from discarded furnishing fabric
Coat made from recycled skirts and trousers
Jacket made from a recycled mohair coat
Floor cushion made from recycled jeans
Jacket made from 4 pairs of recycled jeans
Derbyshire Open Arts
Derbyshire Open Arts
Derbyshire Open Arts
Derbyshire Open Arts
Derbyshire Open Arts
Derbyshire Open Arts
Derbyshire Open Arts
'Seascape', made from scraps of material
Handmade cushions from recycled curtains
Child's felted coat made from her Mum's jacket
Tapestry coat made from recycled fabric
Tapestry coat made from recycled fabric
Aftermath
Aftermath
Aftermath
Linen jacket made from recycled material
Hats, gloves and accessories made from felted recycled jumpers
Tartan party frock made from recycled material. The collar is vintage lace.
Shoulder bag made from old jeans
Open Studio event
Cushion and bags from recycled pillow ticking fabric
Cushions made from a vintage embroidered tablecloth
Memory of Roses
Italian Cathedral
Be unique! Party dress made from recycled material. I only buy the sewing thread, everything else was once something else!
Awakening Spring
Awakening Spring 2
Contact Me
Please contact me by telephone on 07771 547 596, or by completing the form below and clicking 'Send Email'.
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