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Endless Shades of Orange
Upcycled Fabrics - Endless Shades of Orange - Upcycling means transforming discarded materials into something beautiful and useful. This concept has always resonated with me, as it embodies creativity, sustainability, and resourcefulness. I am challenging myself to see how many different things I can create with the orange fabrics that I am finding.

Sharon Prigan
May 183 min read


How to Transform a Floral Pique Blanket into Practical Kitchen Towels
Turning old items into something useful can be a satisfying and eco-friendly project. Recently, while sorting through my fabrics, I came across a lovely floral pique blanket. The vibrant design inspired me to convert it into kitchen towels. These towels are a must-have in every kitchen, and making your own not only adds a personal touch but also cuts down on waste. Let's jump right into this DIY project!

Sharon Prigan
Apr 223 min read


A Felted Sweater Jacket
Last week I went for a walk in the neighbourhood and found a sweater that had beautiful metal buttons on it.

Sharon Prigan
Mar 301 min read


Was this a table cloth?
From a tablecloth that adorned a table to a designer shirt.
This is how she did it Was this a table cloth?

Sharon Prigan
Mar 283 min read


Art of Upcycling
Art of upcycling is not only how to create textile art pieces. It is also how to creatively upcycle textiles.

Sharon Prigan
Jan 313 min read


Pink Progression
I have been working in pinks and creating a pink progression of art quilts in the last week. They are each 25 x 30 cm.

Sharon Prigan
Jan 162 min read


The Sweatshirt to Jacket - Spring is in the Air
Spring is in the air
Its definitely time to get the spring wardrobe organized. But how does one do it?

Sharon Prigan
Jan 143 min read


A Bead a Day
So I decided that while I am working on setting the studio up again I will create fabric beads, a bead a day.

Sharon Prigan
Nov 1, 20241 min read


Patchwork Collage Roses
A few weeks ago my students asked me to teach them collage art. I don't buy any special tools or materials

Sharon Prigan
Sep 21, 20242 min read


A Neverending Move
We have spent the last month moving the studio. Even a neverending move ends at some point.

Sharon Prigan
Aug 31, 20241 min read


Mindful Reuse
A treasured Japanese fabric pouch undergoing a remake to create a more practical item yet still preserve the beauty of the original fabric.

Sharon Prigan
Jul 31, 20242 min read


Another Tunic
When working on my combat series I found a number of fatigue skirts and pants which I had purchased many years ago at a second hand store

Sharon Prigan
Jun 27, 20241 min read


Tie Dyed Fabrics
I spent the last 2 weeks sorting fabrics to create art pieces for tutorials that I am working on.

Sharon Prigan
Jun 20, 20241 min read


A quick upcycle
One doesn't have to redesign or sew something complicated to upgrade a tshirt, a quick upcycle will do the trick.

Sharon Prigan
May 10, 20241 min read


Sewing and Upcycling
Sewing and upcycling - I haven't had in person classes for a while and last week my talented innovative student came over .

Sharon Prigan
May 8, 20242 min read


From Rags to Roses
I am still working on my slow stitching course. Its amazing, I haven't bought fabric or threads for years and everytime that I begin a new project I am never sure that I will find the colors and fabrics that I envision in my supply. I always do and more.

Sharon Prigan
Jan 31, 20241 min read


Wedding Memento
A few years ago I had photos of my wedding and never saw myself as a person who needed to take the dress out to relive the occassion. It was important for me to do something meaningful with the dress.
I kept it in a box for a while and when I began teaching children how to sew I realised that I could accomplish a twofold purpose, the first and more important one was to teach as many children as possible the long forgotten skills of handsewing and the second purpose was

Sharon Prigan
Sep 21, 20231 min read


Tutorials - All those scraps
Ideas are endless. Don't throw your scraps away, follow and come and create with us using our tutorials - for all those scraps

Sharon Prigan
Jul 6, 20232 min read


Sharing
Each one shares from their abundance or their skills. I have skills :) and upcycled fabrics. So yesterday I decided to recreate and turn some sheets into 2 practical tote bags.
Most times I use scraps from the students fabric box and can create crumb fabrics. This time I remembered that I had a box of long thin summer colored fabric strips. So I decided to create striped colorful patchwork fabric, to create a bag for sharing

Sharon Prigan
Jun 27, 20232 min read


T shirt Jewelry
Every time I work on a project and as it progresses I have smaller and smaller remnants. Each stage in the project creates remnants of a certain size which then call for the next project and even more smaller remnants for the next until all I have left are really tiny scraps which I will have to find a technique for.
These are not the tiniest pieces yet and the tie dyed fabrics are so beautiful that I have to find a use for all of the pieces so I will create some t shirt

Sharon Prigan
Apr 27, 20231 min read
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