My W.I debut..! And another T-shirt Upcycle
Last night I had my debut W.I talk, thanks to the lovely ladies at Potterne Springs W.I.
They held a “Small Ideas, Big Changes” evening, that they threw open to the wider community as a free event, and it was an inspired idea that seemed to go down really well with everyone who attended.
As well as me, talking about My Make Do and Mend Year, there was:
- Sarah Lammin who very wittily documents her families journey into all things frugal and green on Everyday Life on a Shoestring, talking about her blog, and giving lots of tips on Waste Watching
- Emma Croft from Wiltshire Wildlife Trust talking about the Rubbish Diet and Bin Slimming
- Sarah was running a workshop making homemade cleaning products and toiletries-bath bombs, washing powder, toothpaste, mouthwash and more
- Emma’s workshop was making plastic bottle bird feeders and planters
- My workshop had 101 ideas for old jeans (you can see most of them on my updated Jean Genie Pinterest board), Upcycling ‘Inspiration Stations’, and making shopping bags out of old t-shirts
- AND there was a Give and Take table
- AND there was tea and cake!
What a night, what more could you ask for 🙂
It was brilliant.
Everyone seemed to really ‘get’ what we were trying to say, and had lots of questions and seemed genuinely interested, which is always nice!
Thankyou so much to Sue, and the Potterne Springs WI having the vision to put on such a great event, and to open it up to the wider community too.
Just in case you are wondering how to make a bag from a t-shirt…
- Get an old t-shirt
An old t-shirt. I feel a photo of this is very important…
- Chop off the arms-I did it inside the seams, so that no seam remains, but I leave you free to chop as you see fit
I made a tank top!
- Turn your t-shirt/tank-top inside out and pin the two bottom edges together, and then sew
- Remove the pins, snip off your loose threads, and you labels if you feel the need. Turn it the right way around again, and fill with shopping!
Sue, who masterminded the whole evening, made the SWEETEST little bag for her son from one of his old Thomas the Tank Engine t-shirts. It was sooooo lovely (so lovely, I forgot to take a picture :()
So knock yourselves out and go crazy making t-shirt bags. You can also use vest tops or proper old woollen tank tops. Like I said, go crazy….!
