It is great to live in a city that invests in a sustainability ethos by hosting the free Green Heart Fair twice every year as a community and sustainability festival, promoting innovative green living in a fun, family-friendly way.

The Green Heart Fair website says “more than 100 of our leading sustainability organisations, community groups, artisans, foodies, green-thumbs, conservationists, businesses and eco experts will be sharing information and knowledge with visitors on how to live more sustainably and offering vital tips to reduce rising cost of living pressures”.

Textile Beat will be there with some Sew it Again garments on display and running a free T-shirts Reworked workshop. 

It seems a happy co-incidence that my sister Jo came to visit today and this green number was hanging about looking for a new home. I picked up the linen/viscose Lisa Law two-piece from a opshop in New Zealand because of the natural-fibre fabric, but found I wasn’t wearing it. Jo works in a temperature-controlled environment dealing with the public, so the conservative long look suits her needs. Sometimes upcycling is just a matter of finding a new home for things!  We teamed the olive-green suit with some wooden beads which I gathered by deconstructing an old beaded fruit bowl which had been in our family for decades. Once the wire holding them together was exposed, it was rusty –  so much better that the beads are threaded on fishing line as necklace and bracelet.