Ten wheel loop for a piece of cloth...and many more lives to touch...

So like the cat and it’s many lives, the textile loop goes like this

1- fabric made (long process from fibre to fabric...)

2- designs produced and sold (one more long process from designer to market)

3- surplus fabric rolls not being used will go to Craig, whose father was in Berwick streets, so knows contacts, and grandfather tailor, a three generation loop in London

4- Online technology pushed trade away from shops, and fabrics now to find a new home in warehouse

5- Brexit created changes for Buff London entrepreneur Jools who rented warehouse space to Craig

6- Street violence and youth needing new skills linked to industry shrinking implied surplus resources going to waste: fabrics and sewing factorie... leading to social creative enterprise in 2008 as CS4, Creative Studio 4 on Broadwater Farm frontline till 2017...led by creative youths and a tutor, Cat

7- SueMe sustainable sportswear started jacket development from CS4 in support of local sewing programmes helping those furthest from social engagement as well as young mums sewing project SEW, leading to break bond with baby and learn new skills, make friends, adjust to a new life

8- Engagement in passing on surplus fabric supplies from CS4 to educational systems, local London community groups, and individuals building new social sustainable creative enterprises...

9- You the reader and future creator... present in this story and inspired we hope...

10- Here is what was folded up for Rosie to pick up on 24-10-19: thank you for being part of the loop and giving birth to new original designs... show the world what creativity can achieve...
Previous community pick-ups included Creative Communion and TheThanet sewing Hub

Refresh. With Peppermint...

So here is away to refresh your skills in pattern cutting and sewing experimentation, Coutesy of Peppermint Online magazine platform which offers a collection of patterns with construction guidelines.
Here is an extract with details to explore further:

Quote extract from Peppermint Magazine:
“We’d love to see what you made!
Find us on Instagram @peppermintmagazine and @inthefolds and tag your new dress with #peppermintsewingschool
Love the pattern?
Plenty more patterns can be found at www.peppermintmag.com/other/sewing-school/ +
www.inthefolds.com
Pattern is for individual use only
You can make the garment for yourself or as a gift. It does not enti- tle you to print, copy or distribute the pattern to others, whether you profit from it or not, nor to sell garments that you have made from this sewing pattern.
Thank you for respecting the rights of the designer.”

Enjoy the process... At Iconic Plisse, AKA IP, we place Intellectual Property at the core of the design process, and think innovation should be world wide protected, without costs or legal input, to give the creator the freedom of expression and the power to feel protected in order to continue creating and delivering, worry free.
This is where the fashion industry sustainable process must start, give the creator authenticity and recognition first.
 Creativity heals, and if creativity is not respected, it damages individuals and destroys our amazingly creative societies...

Mind Boggling...

Thank you Rachael for a superb show time, the Mind Body Soul and Yoga shows at Alexandra Palace were an amazing experience... and so inspiring to start on a new holistic path...

Circular energy... a loop of many...

This is a big loop, going up from picking up end of collection swatch cards from Excel, then went on to feed 8 years of Creative Studio 4 sharing within the Tottenham communities and colleges 15 years of fabric swatches donated by closing down suppliers Elite,

kindly relocated by Jools from SueMe where now sewing machines shelves and cutting table from CS4 turn SueMe Creative Design Studio...

which now is now fuelled by Craig’s offcuts, which have already been donated to The Thanet community sewing project, Ciara’s Creative Communion project based at Somerset House, linking artists and textiles, and tomorrow Rosie who is experimenting with new designs she hopes to incorporate in her youth project aiming at sharing skills and employment.

So Marilyn...

Not only do we not know who inherited your iconic Plisse dress for over 5 million dollars, but we also do not know who designed it... IP anyone ?

And today saw this from the design studio window...

So you still inspire us... thank you...