Tag Archives: Liz Harfull

Sew 222 – Upcycled pouch with purpose

Liz Harfull puts upcycled phone pouch to good useWe carry our life in our phones these days so need to hold them close to our chest – and what better way to do that than with an upcycled purpose-made phone pouch.

At the Ekka recently with my friend and colleague, author of award-winning The Australian Blue Ribbon Cookbook, Liz Harfull, we were wandering and chatting for a while before Liz realised she had mislaid her new beaut Samsung phone.

Fortunately we could easily back-track and locate it, on this occasion. Because of the Samsung’s features (including a great camera – I also have one and take all my photos with it), the phone is slightly larger than pocket-sized but still hard to find in a big carry-all bag.  Continue reading →

Sew 85 – Upcycled history skirt

upcycled history skirt

This history skirt is one of a series of three I made for the Green Heart Fair last year from six reject silk and linen garments, which I wear with an op shop navy wool top. Back home in Brisbane and excited today to be wearing this to the Rural Press Club lunch which is about the power of one person to change things and the power of cooking to bring communities and strangers together.

Baked Relief founder Danielle Crismani, @digellabakes on Twitter, is guest speaker talking about her amazing community leadership in 2011 and the recent #lovetothewest campaign. “When the 2011 floods hit the Lockyer Valley, Brisbane woman Danielle Crismani baked a batch of muffins for the volunteers she saw on her TV screen. Within days of a mention on Facebook, hundreds of people inspired by her act of kindness – were baking for flood hit communities. The accidently created charity ‘Baked Relief’ is still going with volunteers baking for Queensland’s drought hit farmers.”  Continue reading →