Recycling...

The 'Green' with Envy Collection has been inspired by the ever growing trend to recycle and to help the environment.

"Recycling is the manufacturing of waste materials to make new products. It involves collecting and treating discarding materials as raw materials. Some commonly recycled materials include aluminum, glass, plastic, and paper. Recycling helps to save the earth's precious resources by treating waste as raw materials. It also helps the environment by saving energy and reducing pollution." (Anon, 2009).

The 'Green' with Envy collection has incorporated recycled products from an old jumper and a well loved fleece through to washed and pressed dish cloths and odd remnants collected over the years such as buttons from old garments etc.

The recycled materials will be embroidered and then appliqued on to a screen printed design.

The main design of the collection will be a full height upholstered headboard and will tie in with the rest of the collection which will include fabrics that could be used as bed linen, curtains / blinds, cushions and even lampshades.

An old jumper that will be turned into a cushion with one of my
'Green' with Envy designs ...

I will be recycling this old jumper and making it in to a cushion.  It will feature on of my 'Green' with Envy designs and machine embroidered cleaned and pressed dish cloths as well as buttons that have been collected from old garments over the years.

Watch this space for photographs of my collection coming together ... :)

Bibliography:
Anon, 2009. Think Green ' Recycling'. 1st ed. California: Sadleback Educational Publishing.