Angeline Murphy Design

Spent a few hours on Saturday in Wallace Park at the Majors Family Fun Day sharing sustainable skills through the power of stitch 🧵

I kept hearing people say, almost jokingly, “I can’t even sew a button” and honestly, that’s exactly why spaces like this matter. The secret was never really the button itself, but sharing knowledge, building confidence, and encouraging people to repair rather than throw away.

Watching people pick up a needle, give it a go, and realise they could do it was such a reminder that these small practical skills still have huge value - for sustainability, wellbeing, and connection.

Thank you so much to Jo at Lisburn & Castlereagh Council organisers for inviting me along and creating space for conversations like this. Practical skills should never go out of fashion ✨



Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council

Jumping on the 2016 trend because it was an epic year!!

& finding out is a bun in the oven ♥️

#2016

The elephant in the final slide was made by my grandmother for my brother. Granny made me a little duck, and I remember lovingly playing with it in the sand.

Years later, my mum told me my granny was very unwell when she made them with makes me even more grateful for her gift ♥️

She asked us what teddy we wanted.
No shops. No Amazon back then! Just what she had in her home and what she could still give with her hands.

She made anyway. Not because it was easy, but because it mattered.

I think that’s where it began for me. Watching creation as care and making what you can.

Learning early that your hands hold power that you can bring something into the world simply because you imagine it.

Sewing, making, baking, creating was never a hobby in my family. It was love. It was necessary. It was resilience. It was legacy.

Who taught you to sew or make?

Tell me about them below 🤍