To empower others to use, learn and develop creative skills to express themselves artistically while helping to reduce waste and care for our planet.
My Ella holds sustainable textiles and funky junk workshops run by Helen O’Sullivan (nee Helen Ball) and sometimes her crafty friends. Helen is a part-time secondary Design & Technology teacher specialising in Fashion & Textiles, in addition to Food & Nutrition and ICT. Helen has also worked in the dynamic fashion industry for over 12 years from high street to alternative fashions for eco-companie
12/01/2023
Hi all, I'm not on here much these days so please check Sust Fash Wales: Sustainable Fashion in Wales on here, or even better Instagram for more activity. For any bookings or workshops please get in touch via [email protected] :)
Helen x
SustFashWales An online platform celebrating sustainable fashion in Wales!
25/07/2020
Missing those sunshine filled festival vibes? Well now you can enjoy from the comfort of your own home! Check out Nozstock The Hidden Valley at Home 2020 ~ official 16 hour live stream festival, I'll also be holding one of my workshops via Zoom at 12:30
Nozstock @ Home - Nozstock: The Hidden Valley Festival Making the decision to cancel Nozstock 2020 was one of the hardest things we’ve had to do. As necessary as it was, it left us with a Nozstock shaped hole in our Summer that we knew just had to be filled. And not to pat our own backs or anything, but boy, have we filled it…
01/09/2019
The Sustainable Development Goals: A guide for consumers of fashion by SustFashWales This is a detailed 10 minute video which aims to explain how consumers of fashion can apply the 17 Global Sustainable Development Goals to make more responsi...
SOOOOOOOOO EXCITED!!!!!!!!! 😁💃🕺🦖🦏🦕🐯🦄
20/08/2019
2 more sleeps until !!!! Can't wait to start creating some "Extinction" theme costume with the kids in and these little handouts I made will be super helpful for all those disco dino's, raving rhinos and dancing dodos! And unicorns, because, well, unicorns were real too! 🦕🐯🦖🦏🦄 .
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24/07/2019
1 MORE SLEEP!!!!!!! Cannot wait for SPACE themed costume making at this years WOMAD Festival....Just need to start packing the car now! Come find us between 10:30-1:30 on Friday & Saturday, there will be sewing involved so please help the little un's to create whatever their imagination allows! See you all soon! 💫⭐️🌙♻️
Some inspiration for the amazing creations we can make at this years !
23/07/2019
Just a little excited now!!
In less than a week, WOMAD 2019 will be in full swing and Charlton Park will be jam-packed with incredible artists from around the world including Ziggy Marley, Macy Gray, Anna Calvi, Salif Keita Official Fan Page, Orbital, Saving Grace feat. Suzi Dian and Robert Plant and so many more!
Don't forget you can upgrade a 3-day ticket to a 4-day on our website by adding a Thursday ticket. Don’t miss out on the wonderful Juan de Marcos' Afro-Cuban All Stars, topping Thursday night's bill. 🌏🎶💥
www.womad.co.uk/tickets
23/07/2019
The count down is on for WOMAD Festival ! I'll be holding eco fashion space themed costume making workshops using a huge pile of recycled materials! Come find us in the blue tent in the kids area on Friday and Sunday 10:30am - 1:30pm. Workshops are free, you just need to bring your creativity and imagination👽👩🚀👾🚀🛸
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14/07/2019
Want to learn new sewing skills? Then check out the SustFashWales YouTube channel! Loads of how to videos created to save you money and save the planet too!
The channel is looking pretty good so far! Lots of videos I've created for all you budding out there such as the HowTo Videos covering topics like: an introduction to the sewing machine; threading and using hand needles; running stitch; slip stitch; sewing hand appliqués and sewing buttons! All with the aim of fixing, repairing, or even making, your own clothes.... to save YOU money and also save the PLANET! 💪🌎♻️ Plus videos about the issues (and soon the solutions!) of the fashion industry! Head over, subscribe, watch, share and take by !! Any fellow teachers/lecturers out there I'm happy to send you the original files to use in your own classrooms/workshops etc. Just get in touch! 😀
06/07/2019
Just a few weeks until we head to WOMAD Festival offering free eco fashion workshops creating space themed costumes and accessories from our huge pile of trashy treasures! 👽💫⛺️
10/06/2019
When we're not offering free space themed eco costume making workshops for all festival goers we will be singing and dancing to Macy Gray and Orbital! Less than 6 weeks until WOMAD Festival!!
We're delighted to present you with the final additions to the WOMAD 2019 lineup! 🎉🎪🌿 Catch the incredible Macy Gray, Robert Plant's new project 'Saving Grace', Afro-Cuban All Stars and SO many more this July.
Explore the lineup - www.womad.co.uk/lineup ✨
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