EcoWest Festival: Op Shop Tour

Coming up at the end of this month I am taking an OP SHOP TOUR around New Lynn, Auckland.

I am really looking forward to taking a crew around a walking tour of my favourite op shopping haunt. 

Sharing some tips on hunting, styling, combining retro with classics, and potential up-cycling ideas.

New Lynn is full of great op shops, and all different styles so surely something for everyone. 

Saturday 29th March

Meet at New Lynn Train Station at 10am (plenty of bike parks too)

Tour runs till approx 12noon

~ Lunch break ~

Sewing Sessions & upcycling brainstorming at Sustainable Living Centre till 3pm

$50 per person 

BRING: Water bottle, shoes to walk in all day, notebook for tips & designing, tote bag for shopping

Book your spot in this fun day out via hello@sewloveteado.com 

Share the facebook event page with your friends too :)

Check out the rest of the Eco West Festival over here

xx Sarah xx

Sew Some Love at SPLORE (photo heavy)

Creeping out of 5 days blurred with colour and crazy I have caught up on sleep and now enjoying going through my photos and taking stock of what awesomeness was achieved here on the beachside. Seriously, some 10m from the sand & a quick look to the right, we were right there dancing along to the mainstage music from our doorstep. We couldn't have been in a more magic spot. Thank you to the Sploresome 100s of people who came by to craft and sew in our tent. We have received some great feedback thank you & we hear you, yes we want to come back, and yes we will try get more space for you all :) It was so incredible to see dancing flower crowns and hearts on tee's popping up all over the festival. Here's some of my favourite pics, there is a bigger album here should your eyes be able to handle MORE. xx Theres some shots of the fabulous fashion over here (I made it in there yay!) & more to come on Splore Festivals' facebook page no doubt. 

Giant Sploresome thank you's from all of the Sew Some Love Crew xx

MEET THE TEAM for Sew Some love at SPLORE!

I am sew very excited to have some talented folk joining me to host our pop up at Splore this year. It is my privilege to introduce to you the creative cats that are hosting the sewing, crafting costume making tent SEW SOME LOVE at Splore 2014. Join us over here.

Erin Ellis is a typographer and illustrator with a specialty in hand drawn lettering. Originally from the Jersey Shore, she has lived in Baltimore, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco. Here in Auckland she freelances and teaches lettering workshops, sharing her spirit and skill. She finds endless inspiration in natural forms, and can be found wandering the city admiring old signage, or in the wilderness (or your front yard) snipping flower specimens to draw. She's passionate about reimagining natural materials, encouraging love and respect for our environment. She's looking forward to creative collaboration and learning from other amazing minds at Splore.

Laura Forest is a professional photographer and artist known for her ethereal way of capturing moments in time. She also documents social, environmental and cultural projects that give back to the community. She is inspired by natural forms, materials and landscapes. Before turning full-time to photography, she forged pathways for community development in the arts sector by day. By night, she created individual jewellery pieces from found objects and recycled silver. She doesn't know how not to be passionate and dedicated to the things that matter the most. She is looking forward to the way Splore weaves creative people, artwork and diversity into a stunning landscape.

Emily Cater loves to draw. In the corner of my bedroom, Millicent Crow HQ, I turn my drawings into gocco prints, screenprints, cards, bunting, pouches, stamps and badges, which I sell through my business Millicent Crow.  I get a lot of my inspiration from the past and love finding photographs of people’s ancestors abandoned in op shops – I often use these photos as starting points for my drawings.  Finding new uses for old materials is important to me and you might find an old blanket being given a new life as a backing for one of my brooches, or one of my pouches lined with a vintage sheet.  I’m looking forward to being able to do some recycling magic at Splore and to help people embrace their creativity!

Sew, bring your costumes, bring some fabric, bring your straw hat to pimp out with some colour. Come join a workshop, come say hello, and remember you can RSVP first over here!

A New Year A New You!

Talking to friends and family, we all have similar resolutions for the new year, similar in the sense that we all want to learn something new. A new skill. So for those of you or your friends who may want to learn how to sew this year ... Well you're in luck we have new year courses all around the place. Auckland Central, West & North Shore. Check out our Workshops & Classes page for more info.

Although our upcycling courses are not 'Sew From Scratch', they are suitable for expert sewers to beginner sewers who can work their way around a machine. Of course any questions welcome just get in touch! xx

Fresh Flyers!

Feeling rather spesh, and a little profesh as I've finally got my mits on some freshly printed flyers for Sew Love! These couldn't have been more exciting as two talented friends totally helped me out to create them. The wonderful Laura Forest styled and took the pictures and superstar typographer Erin Ellis did the hardyards in layout. The cherry on top was the spontaneous freehand lettering that makes the whole thing pop! Erin you're such a gem. Producing something so pretty to hold in my hands and share with everyone is all the much more better when its been a collaboration between friends and these two I have only met this year but consider such crafty creative sisters of mine! Thanks you guys xx

The dress I am wearing is made from a mixture of sheets, its a shirt tunic pattern self drafted last year.
The shoes I got from Savemart in New Lynn.

Sew Some Love at SPLORE 2014

The countdown begins to one of the most colourful, community spirited, creative, cray cray events ever!

SPLORE 2014 

Feb 14-16th 

TAPAPAKANGA REGIONAL PARK

Are you ready to Show Some Love? & SEW Some Love NZ?

Sew super dooper excited to announce Sew Love will be a full time sewing and craft zone at Splore 2014. 

Costume making, hearts to go on everything, bunting for your tent or van, flower crowns, paddle fans! Everything you may need to party by the sea! Sewing machines, needles n thread the lot!

We're helping Splore to be a zero waste festival with 100% recycled materials.

Craft together, laugh together. 

Sew together, love together.

38 days to go...

Tickets & more about the festival HERE

Prana NYE Festival - Opoutere Beach (photo heavy)

Erin & I have just returned from 5 days of NYE festival fun at Prana Eco Retreat, a short pine forest walk from the incredible Opoutere beach. A woodlands setting full of healthy food, yoga, new connections, and open heartedness. We loved popping up a few crafting picnics and making with new friends. Erin was a superstar prepping glorious signage and helping craft up a storm. Not to mention smiling all the while carrying all our gear like donkeys! Thank you so very much Erin. Also a special thank you to our Prana family who always sought us out each day and got amongst all the sewing. Hand on heart space! xx

After our first morning pop up of Frida Flowers, and the following day an afternoon pop up of Love Bunting, we attempted an evening pop up with Postcards from Prana...under dim tent fluro lighting. It was a bit of a mystery bag when it came to pencils, crayons and stamping letters, and it was hard to take photos well, but in the morning we had a bunch of colourful suprises in hand ready to post out to the makers. They each had notes from your Prana self sent to your returned-to-reality self.

More photos over on our facebook page xx

Prana thank you so much for having us we cannot wait till next year to return and do it all again better & brighter. 

Thank you for welcoming us with open arms & for feeding us such glorious enriching food.