Recycled !!!

A while ago I was in Topshop and I saw a top which was covered in small material flowers. It was such a simple idea, but looked great. So... I thought I would have a go. I didn't have much money saved up to make it so I had to keep to a budget.

My design was inspired also by a display at my college of one of the second years work, in the theme of flowers and "The Secret Garden".

I used an old top that I found hiding in my wardrobe, Flowers from the 99p store and the pearls in the middle of the flowers were from a broken necklace from Primark. Altogether it easily cost under £10 to make...
I also found a little label with "Make Do And Mend" on it, so I sewed it on to the top as I thought it linked well...

The flowers and pearls were all hand stitched onto the top, which took ages but was worth the time ...

I had quite a few flowers left so I decided to make a matching head band...

Half of a great festival outfit for under £10 !

Making this top and headband really got me thinking about possibly starting up my own recycled clothing business, using all recycled materials and charity shop clothes...

So watch this space ...

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