As the backlash against fast fashion and its detrimental effects on the efforts to reduce global warming, more and more people are beginning to realise that they already have the raw materials and capabilities to make clothes that are far more sustainable – and in most cases far better quality!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n According to Dictionary.com <\/a>the definition of “upcycle” is<\/p>\n “to process (used goods or waste material) so as to produce something that is often better than the original”.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n We couldn’t have put it better ourselves!<\/p>\n So here are ten of our favourite upcycling focussed articles – and they contain some wonderfully inspirational how-tos. They’re packed with marvellous examples of how you can turn something that’s no longer useful into something really exciting!<\/p>\n Enjoy!\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n If you\u2019re looking to start the noble art for the first time, or have decided that it\u2019s time to go for something a little more awe-inspiring, GUR\u2019s sewing machine range<\/a> will\u00a0present\u00a0you with some very impressive options.<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out GUR\u2019s spares and accessories store<\/a> \u2013 everything you could want for your trusty sewing machine!<\/p>\n Dozens and dozens of upcycling projects for sewists everywhere! As the backlash against fast fashion and its detrimental effects on the efforts to reduce global warming, more and more people are beginning to realise that they already have the raw materials and capabilities to make clothes that are far more sustainable – and in most […]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1965,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,282],"tags":[284,86,283],"class_list":["post-1964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sewing-tutorial","category-upcycling","tag-refashioning-clothes","tag-sewing-tutorial","tag-upcycling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1964"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1969,"href":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964\/revisions\/1969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
Yes of course – we’re referring to “upcycling” or “repurposing”.<\/h3>\n
Our top ten upcycling articles<\/h3>\n
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