Sew your own in the city

Homemade London is a new craft salon that offers evening and weekend workshops in everything from bag-making and lingerie to signature scent creation, upholstery and chandelier making. It also offers sewing-machine and workshop space hire by the hour, organises private parties and hosts fashion seminars.

Aiming to celebrate craft design talent in a beautiful setting, founder, Nicola Barron, has worked with leading designer-makers to create bespoke designs, using the finest materials.

Selvedge at the Big Chill

We had a great time at the Big Chill Festival, with the help of Abigail Brown and many crafty festival goers we created a flock of over 500 beautiful birds.

We would like to thank Coats Crafts, Cath Kidston, Sanderson, Bennison, Fiskars and the British Wool Marketing Board for their generous sponsorship.

You can see more photographs on our Facebook page by clicking this link. The birds will also be on display at the Selvedge Shop for the next month… Enjoy!

The Uniform Project

We can all learn more about sustainable fashion so when Sheena Matheiken wore the same dress every day for a year to raise funds for the Akanksha Foundation, an organisation helping Indian children through education, we took note. Hoping to continue the success of last year’s project, Sheena has selected fellow fashionistas to take part in The Uniform Project’s second assignment: ‘One Dress, One Month, One Cause’. We can’t wait for the daily fashion show starting August 1st!

V&A

Yippee! It’s the last Friday of the month which can only mean the V&A Friday Late series is back! Performances, workshops and talks will take place as part of the Summer Camp theme with top-notch designers, artists and makers on hand to celebrate creativity. Live music, cocktails or a fantastic backdrop all present and correct – making this an evening to remember.

Living the dream…

This week we have immersed ourselves in American Style’s playful photography. Author Kelly Killoren Bensimon describes the book as ‘an exploration of America through its fashion designers, celebrity icons, and social history.’ Barbie, baseball and the Beatniks are all featured with a short history of their style and influence. Fantastic variety… and that’s just the Bs!

Read more in Issue 35, page 85. Available from the Selvedge bookshop £31, T: +44 (0)20 8341 9721