A woman transforms old tea towels into dresses - after teaching herself to sew on YouTube.
Scarlett Hawkes, 28, has always loved fashion and has been sewing since she was aged 14.
But after dropping out of university - where she was studying womenswear - she decided to continue to teach herself.
Scarlett learnt the basics from YouTube and Google and launched an Etsy shop during the pandemic.
She started upcycling some clothes from her mum, Nicky, 57, but found her niche when she transformed a Heinz ketchup tea towel into a dress.
Scarlett Hawkes, 28, has always loved fashion and has been sewing since she was aged 14.
But after dropping out of university - where she was studying womenswear - she decided to continue to teach herself.
Scarlett learnt the basics from YouTube and Google and launched an Etsy shop during the pandemic.
She started upcycling some clothes from her mum, Nicky, 57, but found her niche when she transformed a Heinz ketchup tea towel into a dress.
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00:00 Here's part of the design process in making a upcycled tea towel skirt.
00:04 So I drew up the sketch and calculated all of the measurements and I went for this like
00:10 channel for a belt and initially I loved it but after wearing it a few times and getting
00:16 lots of pictures and videos I realised I didn't really like the little frill at the top and
00:21 I didn't really like the gathering at the side but I really did like the fact that you
00:25 could just switch the skirt around and get like different looks. So it was back to the
00:30 drawing board and I went for a different style. So for this version I incorporated a waistband
00:38 like length at the top of the skirt then I did like a little buttonhole to feed the belt
00:43 through and I had a lot more fun trying to pin the different pieces and elements and
00:48 ruffles and lace and I much prefer this. It still has the different looks when you turn
00:55 the skirt around. It has these like cute little details and the gathering at the front can
01:00 be adjusted so if you wanted the tea towel to be featured more you can do that.
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