Sewing & Design Studio Archives

Upcycling v Recycling

Upcycling v Recycling – upcycling adds value to a product through design or craftsmanship whereas recycling is a degrading process.

For Work Experience Week 2026, we undertook to guide Nate Cameron through the process of designing and creating an upcycled outfit.

World Environment Day – our top tips for conscientious consumers and anyone wanting to make their fashion business more sustainable

Our circular fashion model includes making new and sustainable garments, upcycling unwanted fabric and clothes and revamping old clothing.

Our mission is to rescue and repair then transform people, the environment and our clothes in our circular fashion model

Sewing and Design Studio Vision and Mission – a circular fashion hub in Cornwall and a regenerative fashion industry

How to repair your clothes so they last longer and imbue them with a personal touch that makes them special to you.

By upcycling lace curtains into clothes, we create unique and exciting, sustainable fashion garments. Find out more about our process.

Our in-house designer, Tracey Dockree, returned to being a student for a few months, making our first Savile Row Jacket.

Two students joined us for Work Experience Week 2023. Their brief for the week was to upcycle old jeans and lace/fabric remnants into two garments.

We collaborated with Ama Silva who designed and made one-off lace boleros for the Sewing and Design Studio.

We repair any clothing you buy from us for free so they can live and be loved for longer.

A Repair Cafe is where you can take broken items including clothes (actually, pretty much anything!!) and learn how to fix them for free.