Retrospective- Green workshops....

Highlights... Number 10 Youth Center Green Textile Workshops-- Pick a Leaf Not a Fight...

Inspired by nature Team work to make a difference: group poster, 2013,
as part of a youth "Green for Peace" Campaign -
Creatively B'Spoke

Portia, who started Youth in Action 2008, leading the creative group in preparation on sustainable fashion research for TestTown Green Fashion displays 

Siblings Participation

B-Spoke Hoods made out of factory offcuts

Favorite

My favorite way to make it happen is by cutting cloth freehand, with zero waste precision...
I just found a small remnant from a cloth bought in Varna years ago and cut a tiny shoulder arm warmer... yet to be stitched to see the magic work...

Sharing resources

At the Boutique Factory we share resources and skills for a balanced society:
- to preserve local talents...
- bring back quality that lasts
- slow down the pace of fashion where huge quantities are reduced to what is needed-
- surplus fabrics can be used for free,
- facilitate the journey to final product from sketch to garment
- including support in pattern cutting and special sizes
- to reach industry standards without the worries

Boutique factory

Also not so far on my bicycle going north on the A10, is my favorite factory where one-offs to quantities are possible...and currently working out the SueMe gilet myself there... will upload the SueMe Adventure Jackets I designed and sampled while at CS4 on SueMeVie... where eco-friendly garments develop... happily

Meeting Tottex...

Conceived and made in Tottenham... Just met Louis and discovered amazing Creative Studio set up 4 years ago, with everything possible, from prints, embroidery, specific sustainable project, repurposing... a treasure trove...

SueMe Gilet...from Proto to Production-

Welcome to Sueme Sustainable LiveWear...

Going to Production after a day of reviewing at HQ, North London

Sourced locally: Waxed Cotton and British Wool

Repurposed Kite Wings

Example of Bespoke Puffer made by hand by Cat for SueMe friend Snake, designed, quilted and stitched using old Kite wing... 

Color Palette and Couture Detailing

What is Red?

Plastic Fashionistas

To All engaging in wearing transformed plastic

and involved in using the new yarn... remember to find out what happens to post-production factory off-cuts once the recycled plastic garments are cut
check your plastic...  Circulate and find out what happens to recylced plastic offcuts...

Wheels of Change

From Charity shop...

to Cutting---

and making... soon to see...

Second Lives

To prepare for tomorrow's class... here are Tees too good to outgrown...

so... let's sew... let's save... let's Valorise...

The side panels help win hot moist climate to play tennis without underarm sweat, which was great on the White only Tournament at Unis Hanoi...

These SueMe Gems tell the story in Bamboo and Organic Cotton.. from Offset Original,

 to Dollar wheels...and leaves of change... 

the SueMe wheels help stand away from current malpractices 

and gain a fresh stance for a better planet.. try them...