Another internet friend of mine is being featured on ETSY.

Thistledown & Finch has a great article on the Storque about how she takes Vintage Suits and turns them into wonderful mens wallets and bags.

Thistledown & Finch explains part of the process involved in (re)creating her gorgeous wallets, "the existing curves and seams make the design process an intuitive one. Not only is the fabric long off the market, but the motion dictated by individual cuts contributes to making each piece unique."


Not only does Thistledown & Finch have amazing creative talent she also shows her love and concern for the Earth in her brand of 'craftivism'. T & F explains:

"The exportation of our discarded clothing, as opposed to domestic re-use, contributes not only to dissolution of long-standing textile traditions in economically vulnerable cultures, but also to dependency situations which would take much longer to reverse than they did to establish. The transportation of these goods, by air, land, and sea, also creates copious greenhouse emissions which could be easily be reduced, were an effort made by each of us to step up and exercise restraint in our buying habits.

Supporting small-scale artisans, working in recycled materials, providing upcycled goods of high quality which will last longer than the season — these actions affect the local community, the country, and the continent. And further, as with any of our actions, our actions have ramifications which affect everyone: the whole world."

I love knowing that there are other artisans and craftspeople out there in the big wide world who share these same concerns with me.

Make sure to stop also stop by and check out Thistledown & Finch's newly created blog. Let her know how you support upcycling and craftivism or even better make a purchase from her ETSY shop