MAKING and SHARING
Download and make :) After a successful test-phase in the first workshop, I would like to share the pattern and instructions how to make your own tunic.
Download and make :) After a successful test-phase in the first workshop, I would like to share the pattern and instructions how to make your own tunic.
The
intention
is, to research the possibilities of motivating consumer
behaviour towards sustainability, by enabling the consumer with new
skills to become active users and creators. The target group at the
Recycling Fare was rather aware of the fact that there is plenty of
material waste that needs to be reused, but the average participant
did not think much about their possible impact. In fact, the
half-way approach is not meant to be solely recycling design in the
sense of using waste to generate new. In my opinion it is closer
located in the area between customised clothing of the user, with
partly design by designer and combined with the skills of the user.
In this setting, all was produced locally in Helsinki, which was
clarified in the small fill out-labels which I attached in the
garments. The workshop and the half-way clothing item is designed to
make it together. Either with the help of Designers, or with friends
and family. This aspect I wish to emphasize by sharing pattern and
instructions on this blog. For this reason I kindly ask everyone who is
downloading the pattern to give me feedback and sends me an image of the
process, or tunic variation they have completed. I would be very glad
to see and hear your stories. Please email to al.hirscher(at)gmail.com
Of
course there are several variations possible. Get some inspiration with
the attached images and instructions. Also various levels of difficulty
are included. For more info please download the Make{able} posters
here:
Or a booklet with photographs and very detailed explanations can be found when following this link:
HOW TO get started:
The first time starting sewing is probably the most tricky one. Espcially when maybe the last time, was in highschool, with some rather boring sewing project. As there is a variety of lovely sewing blogs, I thought I do not need to add here the same instructions again and just forward you to two nice blogs that help you from threading the machine, to how to use patterns:
Tilly and the buttons (english)
Fashion-Hackers (german)
THE MULTI-SCARF
One scarf - many ways to wear.
The bigger piece of fabric you use, the more variations you will find for your new and easy to make accessory. It can work
as simple scarf, head-band, shoulder-cloth... And if you are having enough of it, just reassembly it into a bag. Download here the instructions of how to make and ideas how to wear it, of course always depends on lenght and pattern of your fabric.
Download here.
For plenty of more other do-it-yourself tutorials, pattern libraries and other useful stuff have a look at the link-list on the right side of this blog -->
or a small selection of the latest DIY fashion bloggers collected by Utopia:
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