Posted by Janine Morris on Saturday, December 10, 2011,
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give away
If you head over to my secondSister facebook page, you can be in the running for a FREE wooden block necklace.
In the spirit of giving, i am offering you and your friends to upload your photo and one lucky person will be wearing a new necklace.
If you click here it will take you to my facebook page. Simply upload a photo of a recycled, upcycled or repurposed and hand made present that you have made or been given.
You have until the 19th of December to add your photo. I will announce the winne... Continue reading ...
Posted by Janine Morris on Saturday, June 25, 2011,
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upcycled
I recently made a new product for my growing range of clothes. Here is the child's Cape I made. It is made from a repurposed 100% woollen blanket, felted and cut into a cape, and lined with red linen.
It has a hand sewn snowflake detail, with baby doileys and buttons. It is reversible, the red linen side has baby doileys and vintage and collected buttons.
This cape has been sold, thanks to the lovely lady who bought it! I have a few more capes in progress and will be selling them through Nest,... Continue reading ...
10,000 minutes of plastic.
A project by Janine Morris of second Sister.
365 days of collecting plastic for 1/2 hour each day. This equals over 10,000 minutes of collecting time.
This project is about the plastic I collect in one year, and represents plastic for a week of our life. A small snapshot of our reliance on plastic, our consumerism, lack of respect for ourselves and all that we share our planet with.
This project is about the reliance we have on plastic in our everyday life.
T... Continue reading ...
Posted by Janine Morris on Saturday, March 12, 2011,
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Dresses
I have now in stock Children's Dresses at Nest and the Makers Workshop, Burnie and my own store.
I am making these lovely pieces one at a time, and giving each a lot of love. Here is one under construction.
Each dress a combination of vintage, collected and new materials including linen blends, sheeting, buttons, repurposed wool blanket and jean pockets, chenille, repurposed denim jeans, organic denim, dollies, peck-e details and more.
I am sewing 'Peck-e dresses' in sizes 2 and 4 and 6 at t... Continue reading ...
Posted by Janine Morris on Saturday, March 12, 2011,
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baskets
Making string with recycled sari silk and sisal string.  Framed joined with a god's eye. Weaving in string with basket upside down, between knees. 
Keep turning it around the right way, to see that the colours look right, and that the frame still has the shape you started with. Some of us find that string is woven on more than just baskets (see my wrist).
A lovely basket of collected blue bailing twine, just perfect for these rope baskets.
Another beach rope basket,
That has gone to its new own...
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This is my latest work, now on display at The Makers Workshop, in Burnie. A home to art, artists, paper making, visitor information, local history and modern architecture.
'Encapsulated -
My Journey, Your Journey.'
The collection includes elements of the familiar and the unknown. Life journeys.
Made from a collection of vintage and collected tableware, story books, toys, photos, buttons, natural materials and glass ware.
These images are from my work table before installation at the Makers Work... Continue reading ...
Yes, i am making string. After a nice short break where i relaxed and caught up with my mum, I am back to work. I have been commissioned to create lots of string, this will form part of an installtion. I will give you more details as the project unfolds, or unravels.... Lets just say, that this happy girl will back making lots and lots of string!!!  I have been making string from all sorts of recycled, upcycled and repurposed materials. These include plastic bags, rope from the beach, bailing ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Janine Morris on Tuesday, July 20, 2010,
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retail outlets
Natalie at Nest in Penguin has her web site up and running. You can follow her blog here http://nestpenguin.blogspot.com.This week she is featuring me, second Sister. I am a lucky girl to have such a beautiful shop selling my work.  I have had a busy few weeks. I have been laying out and sewing my designs for dolly skirts. These should be in Nest in about 3-4 weeks time. Skirts have to have a few features for me to be happy. There has to be old or vintage materials, materials have to be prac... Continue reading ...
Posted by Janine Morris on Sunday, May 30, 2010,
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Wrap skirts
 Now stocked in Nest are my new 100% woollen blankets upcycled and felted into wrap skirts. They come in five different sizes, adult, small adult child 4-6 years, toddler and newborn.
Each skirt is an original and cannot be repeated.
Wrap skirts have side pockets and hand stitched details of circles and vintage buttons. Some skirts have my toys - Peep-o, Popcorn, Penguin and peck-e stitched onto them.
I take orders for skirts, you can find some in my online shop or email me for a request. I will ... Continue reading ...
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