Do you know the "Football Crazy" song? I am reminded of it every weekend when the boys in my household watch the English Premier League, and then go for training with their friends. Without football, their lives would be incomplete (or so they say!). When hubby's football shorts had lost their stretch around the waist, I found it impossible to thread some new elastic and decided to scale it down to make a new pair for junior!
Whenever I go thrifting I always go to the MINDS Thrift Store near my home, but last Thursday, I decided to go to New2U Thrift Shop at Waterloo Street, Bras Brasah. It is located inside the premises of Singapore Council of Women's Organisations (SCWO).
The store is slightly smaller than the MINDS store I frequent, but the choice and range of preloved goods is bigger! Compared with the Salvation Army thrift stores, New2U is very affordable, and prices really do start from SGD1!! The store is manned by volunteers and proceeds go to SCWO's initiatives.
This is a guest post by My Grandma's Patchwork. I first discovered Grandma Tan's patchwork at the Handmade Movement Singapore, and was amazed by the amount of work and time put into each piece of patchwork. Each patchwork is made from rejected fabric from apparel factories, basically textile that would have ended up in the bin. I wanted to find out how it all started and where the inspiration comes from. Do read on to find out how Grandma Tan and her granddaughter, Hui Ying, connect through their passion for patchwork.
