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Plant Colours

Nov 13, 2020
2 min

Dyeing for summer? – Three plants to get you outdoors and beat the November blues.

Take a wander outside in November, and in the UK at least, everything is turning various shades of brown or grey, things look soggy and t...

Ilona

Jun 29, 2020
1 min

We Dress - A reflective poem

When we dress Who are we? Thoughts articulated in Shape Cotton Silk… Who am we? Our words can speak, Our thoughts intend, But our clothes...

Ilona

Jun 25, 2020
3 min

Fashion, Eggs, Supply Chains and Covid

Yes, this is another mention of the dreaded COVID-19. But when something spurs a thought worth discussing, you have to give it some credi...

Organic Fabric, Farmers, and Future Thinking

Ilona

Jun 1, 2020
2 min

Organic Fabric, Farmers, and Future Thinking

Written in collaboration with Georgie Manly for the Norfolk Organic Group newsletter. When we think of organic, we often think of food. A...

Forgotten Scarves, Charity Shops and The World of Objects

Ilona

Mar 19, 2020
2 min

Forgotten Scarves, Charity Shops and The World of Objects

Yesterday I decided to take action and get rid of a scarf. A classic Pashmina style in gold and black, it had been hanging, forlorn and f...

Ilona

Mar 4, 2020
2 min

HEMP, WATER AND SANDHILL CRANES

I recently read a National Geographic article on bird migrations. I love birds, and it touched a particularly sore spot when, perhaps rat...

Ilona

Feb 25, 2020
2 min

Lent, Scarcity and Fashion Fasting

I am currently preparing myself for lent. This is not for a religious reason but has been inspired by another motivation: a quest into th...

Ilona

Feb 9, 2020
2 min

Let Nature Play

Spring throwback: May last year and I'm on Georgie's plot, experimenting with plants and fabric - rhubarb leaves rolled up with strips of...

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