Zero-waste dress

How do highly creative people continue to innovate and 

express themselves in new ways?

They’ll tell you the key to their success 

is a commitment to trying new things.

So I tried something new

by making a dress out of recycled materials.

What you need:

Plastic bags(colours of your choice), 

cellotape, 

plastic carpet underlay, 

something to attach the garment with.

A pattern for the dress.

scissors

Cut little squares out of the plastic bags.

Make little flowers out of the squares and tie them with cellotape.

Cut out a pattern for the dress.  

Attach the flowers in your preferred pattern to the underlay 

before you attach the front and the back. 

(It is very hard to do once the garment is attached, I found out the hard way)

My mom was the inspiration for this dress. 

She loved flowers, colours and pretty little things, and she never backed away from making things from 

previously loved or recycled materials.  We may not have won first prize, but we gave it our best shot!!!

Dovetail Hoodie

I created this top with the idea of a funky, warm and comfortable coat with a hoodie, as a top layer over my other clothes.  At first it was so long that it touched the ground.  After one day of wearing it, I realised that I had to change the style.   Even though I did not mind the 'Muslim' inspired look, as that was where I got the idea to begin with, this one was not warm enough and I kept stepping on the seam.

Sugar and spice and all things nice

My latest project was creating six dresses for 'Wendy', from 'Peter Pan'.  It was a new experience for me, as I usually make garments for grown ups, but these were for Primary School pupils.

Upcycle an old skirt into a cute dress.

Yesterday, I decided to make a dress from a skirt that was given to me.  It was not exactly my style, but the fabric was divine.   So I got some inspiration from a Vintage pattern, and this is what I came up with.