by alisonrgreer | Nov 8, 2016 | Blog
Kimono Jackets at Swinton, Rotherham on Sew Saturday (15th October 2016), held in the newly modernised St John’s Methodist Church. Sew Saturday is a campaign run by Sew Magazine to encourage their readers to get out and experience bricks and mortar shops for that...
by alisonrgreer | May 2, 2016 | Blog
One Sunday morning a few weeks ago I was browsing Facebook on my phone in bed, as you do, and I stumbled across Make your Own Slippers Kits from Joes Toes. This instantly peaked my interest as I was in desperate need of new slippers but I had not worked out how this...
by alisonrgreer | Apr 17, 2016 | Blog
I’m going to be completely honest here! I wrote and published a fantastic detailed report on Ethical Shopping in Siem Reap, Cambodia, however one small technical (operator) error and I managed to erase the entire post!! And since then, this title has sat here...
by alisonrgreer | Mar 25, 2016 | Blog
What if every girl had just one dress? Around a week before we were due to come to Cambodia, I came across a UK not for profit organisation on Facebook called Dress a Girl Around the World UK. They encourage and enable volunteers to make dresses and then arrange to...
by alisonrgreer | Mar 20, 2016 | Blog
On one of first few days in Cambodia, while we were still acclimatising to the heat (although speaking to people here I don’t think you ever get used to it) and recovering from jetlag, we spent a very enjoyable afternoon visting the Silk Farm which is just...
by alisonrgreer | Mar 11, 2016 | Blog
It’s been a super busy week this week as we jet off for 2 weeks holiday today to Cambodia (where my parents live). I’ve been busy preparing for the next workshop as well as finishing a bespoke dress for a client and making myself some bits to wear on...
