HQ // What’s On – July
Here’s what we’ve got for you this month at Stitched Up HQ This Saturday is our ever popular Yard Sale – our one-day only a sale of reclaimed textiles – everything at the BARGAIN price of £1 per metre or … Continue reading
Category Archives: Upcycling
EVENTS // Free Clothes Swap & Wardrobe Surgery this Sunday!
We’re super excited to be bringing a big ol’ dose of sustainable fashion to The Refuge Bank Holiday Weekender this Sunday! 💚♻️👚👖♻️💚 As part of a jam-packed weekend of events, we are hosting a FREE clothes swap and wardrobe surgery … Continue reading
DIY // Upcycled T-Shirt Undies!
Here’s a great poject for all those holey t-shirts that are beyond repair… Upcycled Undies! For these ones we’ve used some jersey garments that have lived a long life but are no longer useful in their current form – worn … Continue reading
DIY // Knitwear Upcycle: Hooded Scarf
Got some knitwear that’s past wearing or repairing? Transform it into this cosy hooded scarf with our beginner-friendly upcycling tutorial! This winter we’ve got very into repurposing old knitwear that’s past wearing. After partnering with Emmaus Mossley on an upcycled … Continue reading
DIY // Upcycled Mittens from Old Jumpers
We’ve teamed up with the wonderful Emmaus Mossley to bring you this step-by-step Upcycled Mittens tutorial! This is a brilliant beginners upcycling project, and sews up in next to no time. All you need is an old jumper and some … Continue reading
WORKSHOPS // Slow Fashion Summer Club fun
At Stitched Up HQ last week, we held a-week-long slow fashion Summer Club for kids from the age of 10 to 14. Five ambitious young soon-to-be fashion designers set out to create their own upcycled rucksacks under the guidance of … Continue reading
CAMPAIGNS // Why we want a Fashion Revolution!
Today is the fourth anniversary of the Rana Plaza clothing factory collapse, in which 1,138 Bangladeshi garment workers lost their lives while at work making clothes for the UK high street. All this week, the Fashion Revolution campaign will be … Continue reading
WORKSHOPS // Announcing the first ever Stitched Up Summer Club!
In 2017 we’re super excited to announce our first ever Stitched Up Summer Club! This August we’ll be taking a group of aspiring young designers on a sustainable fashion journey to remember! The Summer Club will take place Monday to … Continue reading
CAMPAIGNS // Six Items Challenge: Boredom sets in
Stitched Up are taking part in the Six Items Challenge – a sponsored ‘fashion fast’ to raise funds for Labour Behind the Label Trust, who support garment workers from around the world to secure a better future. We are wearing … Continue reading
TIPS // 5 Things You Can Do With an Unwanted Item of Clothing
We all outgrow or wear out our old clothes and that’s ok. But the amount of waste in the fashion industry isn’t. We don’t believe that any item of clothing deserves to end up in a landfill, wasting the hard … Continue reading