As the last of this winter's snow and ice are melting away, the designing of the upcoming collection, The Songs of Ice, continues.
Meanwhile, here is a little throwback picture 🖤.
📸: @vaahtokaapeli.bsky.social
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A prototype of a romantic, unisex shirt with burned finish 🖤 🔥
#slowfashion #fashionsky #sustainablefashion #upcycledtextiles
Colors or all-black-everything?
Upcycled or leftover materials?
Produced two prototypes of the spiral bone supported corset tops ✨👁️✨
#torncollections #slowfashion #smallbusiness #fashionsky #nowaste #sustainablefashion #alternativefashion #finnishdesign #gothicfashion #upcycledtextiles #suomimuoti
This must be the tiniest customer I have ever had.
The miniature clothes made for @vaahtokaapeli.bsky.social 's project.
Looking forward to seeing the finished look!
#torncollections #custommade #upcycledtextiles #nowaste #sustainabletextiles
This week working with some fun customer requests, one of which involves also upcycling 💚♻️
#sustainableliving #nowaste #upcycledtextiles #custommade #sustainablefashion
Here's what's happening under the loom! 😍
#StunDay #folkart #handwoven #FinnishAmerican #rugweaving #sustainablehomedecor #creativereuse #upcycled #upcycledtextiles
Bild zeigt mein Bett mit pink Bettwäsche, die ich mit schwarzem sternartigen Op-Art- Stempel handbedruckt habe! Im Hintergrund am Kopfende sieht man ein sehr buntes großes wandmandala
Once upon a time there was grandma's good white bed linen!
....until I dyed them pink and spent all day yesterday on my knees on the floor printing them with a stamp I carved myself! 🤩
Have a great start to the new week!
#upcycledtextiles #handblockprinted #handcarvedstamp #printsky #opart
Read the photoshoot report here:
www.torncollections.com/blog/the-wid...
Find The Widows From Waste collection here:
www.torncollections.com/roskalesket-...
#fashionsky #slowfashion #sustainablefashion #upcycledtextiles #upcycledmaterials #finnishdesign
Grid of six separate images of red and white woven rag rugs style mug rugs with a brown and cream mug on top.
Newly finished scrappy mug rugs for Canada Day. I had to stitch on an appliqué maple leaf to make the flag. Honestly, I prefer the red and white ones.
#weaving #upcycledtextiles
Hello gorgeous. New woven table runner using up cycled textiles including cotton, sheets, shirts, and saris.
#weaving #tablerunner #handwoven #upcycledtextiles
We finally have a little sunshine here today. Hopefully the gardens will soon be full of colours like the ones I'm using for this table runner.
#ontheloom #rigidheddleweaving #weaving #handwoven #handmade #upcycledtextiles #tablerunner
Bild zeigt braun gelockte Frau mit Sidecut, die eine blaue Upcycling Kapuzenjacke trägt in die eine große Frotteesonne auf dem Rücken eingearbeitet wurde. Die Sonne war mal ein Saunahandtuch und die Strahlen reichen über Schulter, Arm und Seite bis auf das Vorderteil!
Wenn eine Secondhand Jacke und ein großes Saunahandtuch verschmelzen 🌞 entsteht eine Sonnenumarmung!
#wearsunshine #upcycledtextiles #reusereducerecycle #upcycle #sustainablefashion #towel #sun
A thirteen panel compilation of photos of a mug and spoon on a mini woven rag rug.
A photo of a mug and spoon on a mini woven rag rug. The rug is woven into stripes the colour of a rainbow.
A photo of a mug and spoon on a mini woven rag rug. The rug is woven with green, yellow, and brown fabric strips.
A photo of a mug and spoon on a mini woven rag rug. The rug is woven with bright green, yellow, and blue fabric strips.
Preparations for my first (and currently only) Spring market are going well. Woven "scrappy mug rugs" - check.
#weaving #fibrearts #weavingismyhappyplace #mugrugs #upcycledtextiles
Small mat woven with strips of cotton fabric.
After 2 days of driving through dreary weather, it's so nice to come home to work on such a cheery bit of weaving.
#weaving #wovenmat #mugrug #offtheloom #lovetoweave #upcycledtextiles
New scrappy mug rugs coming soon!
#mugrug #rigidheddleweaving #weaving #upcycledtextiles #ragrug #fibrearts
Read more about the inspiration behind the collection:
www.torncollections.com/blog/rpjnfsn...
Read more about how the collection's materials were found:
www.torncollections.com/blog/67dv20w...
#sustainablefashion #secondhandmaterials #upcycledtextiles #greenfashion
And here they are, the fruits of my labour. My 32" Ashford needs to take a little nap now, and it deserves it. March Mat-ness 2025 was a success.
#scrappymat #weaving #handwoven #ragrug #upcycledtextiles
Woven fabric mat in shades of blue, yellow, and green.
Woven fabric mat in shades of blue, yellow, and green.
And... I made it! Scrappy mat no. 12 of March Mat-ness is off the loom with 3.5h to spare. Woo hoo!
#weaving #wovenmat #ragrug #scrappymat #handmade #handwoven #offtheloom #upcycledtextiles
The penultimate mat of March Mat-ness. Just one more to go, and it's a good thing, too because I'm running out of scrap and thrifted fabrics in my stash.
#marchmatness #weaving #wovenrug #ragrug #scrappymat #upcycledtextiles
Beginnings of a woven rag rug on a rigid heddle loom using strips of white and buffalo plaid flannel.
Another Maple Leaf inspired mat on the loom for March Mat-ness. #elbowsup
#weaving #scrappymat #ragrug #marchmatness #upcycledtextiles #ontheloom
I found some more jersey, so decided to make another chunky mat. Weaving this way has a completely different set of challenges than my other mats; I'll be happy when this one is done and off the loom. March Mat-ness continues.
#weaving #wovenrug #scrappymat #ragrug #upcycledtextiles #marchmatness
I still have to take care of tying the fringe, but no. 6 is off the loom and I'm officially half way to my goal for March Mat-ness! I may have to keep this one.
#weaving #wovenrug #ragrug #scrappymat #upcycledtextiles #marchmatness #halfwaythere
For today's March Mat-ness mat I'm using doubled up t-shirt strips with my custom made heddle. The result is a chunkier, heavier mat. I hadn't made one like this in a while and had forgotten how much I like the result.
#marchmatness #wovenmat #ragrug #scrappymat #weaving #upcycledtextiles
Finally! March Mat-ness no. 1 is off the loom and Purrseus approved.
#marchmatness #weavind #woven #fibrearts #upcycledtextiles #wovenmat #ragrug
I couldn't _not_ use Canada inspired colours for my first rag rug/scrappy mat of the 2025 March Mat-ness weaving extravaganza. I will attempt to spend all my spare moments weaving to meet my goal of 10-12 new mats. See you on the other side.
#weaving #wovenmat #ragrug #upcycledtextiles. #fibreart
First rigid heddle project of 2025 done and dusted.
#rigidheddleweaving #offtheloom #weaving #fibrearts #fiberarts #tablerunner #upcycledtextiles
Hello old friend. I missed you. (Weaving an upcycled table runner on my Cricket loom.)
#rigidheddleweaving #weaving #upcycledtextiles #tablerunner
A painting with embroidered birds on the embroidered hair of urban nature, Lisa Mintz, who helped to protect falaise St Jacques in Montreal
Alana Westwood Forest researcher and professor at to Dalhousie university pictured with an olive sided flycatcher
Author Catherine Bush of the climate themed “ blaze Island” pictured with a wolf & a great grey owl on silver leaf
Founder of Council for Canadians water protection non profit director and author Maude barlow pictured with loons and water lilies on a lake at sunset
For #artyear & #februARTy, #birds this past year, series entitled #voicesforthewild. Here are: #mixedmedia #upcycledtextiles #chimneyswifts in #embroidery #urbannature Lisa Mintz, #dalhousie #forestresearcher Alana Westwood #olivesidedflycatcher #councilforcanadians #maudebarlow #catherinebush
Amazing artistic work! Hello from mountains of NYS
#HeadoftheHillArts
#upcycledtextiles
#sustainablefiber
#knit #crochet
