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Northampton teacher creates loom band top for charity | Northampton teacher creates loom band top for charity |
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A supply teacher has used more than 27,000 pink loom bands to create a one-off garment for charity. | A supply teacher has used more than 27,000 pink loom bands to create a one-off garment for charity. |
Fashion design graduate Kelly Bull, 25, from Barton Seagrave, Northamptonshire, challenged herself to take the playground craze to a new level. | Fashion design graduate Kelly Bull, 25, from Barton Seagrave, Northamptonshire, challenged herself to take the playground craze to a new level. |
She said: "All of the kids were doing it and I thought why not do something different to lots of bracelets." | She said: "All of the kids were doing it and I thought why not do something different to lots of bracelets." |
The top, which used about £100-worth of loom bands, will be auctioned for Breast Cancer Care until Monday. | The top, which used about £100-worth of loom bands, will be auctioned for Breast Cancer Care until Monday. |
The mother of one spent four hours a day, seven days a week, for a month designing and making the size 8 to 10 asymmetric spiral top. | The mother of one spent four hours a day, seven days a week, for a month designing and making the size 8 to 10 asymmetric spiral top. |
'Textile challenge' | 'Textile challenge' |
The loom bands were woven by hand into long strips which were then rolled and glued into spirals and reinforced with fishing wire. | |
They were then placed on a mannequin like "discs of fabric" to be sewn together. | They were then placed on a mannequin like "discs of fabric" to be sewn together. |
"It was challenging, even though I'm used to working with latex and plastics in my designs," said Ms Bull. | "It was challenging, even though I'm used to working with latex and plastics in my designs," said Ms Bull. |
"Bonding glue, like you use for bicycle tyres, wasn't strong enough so I had to hand sew each spiral with fishing wire to secure them, only then was I able to connect them all together." | |
Ms Bull had originally planned to create a dress but the loom bands were too heavy. | Ms Bull had originally planned to create a dress but the loom bands were too heavy. |
"The spirals aren't flexible either so I couldn't create a garment fitted to the body," she said. "I also had to think about fastening as any buttons and zips would create a weakness - it was a real textile challenge." | "The spirals aren't flexible either so I couldn't create a garment fitted to the body," she said. "I also had to think about fastening as any buttons and zips would create a weakness - it was a real textile challenge." |
Rebecca Woollgar, from Breast Cancer Care, said: "We know it took a huge amount of hard work so we can't thank [Kelly] enough." | Rebecca Woollgar, from Breast Cancer Care, said: "We know it took a huge amount of hard work so we can't thank [Kelly] enough." |
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK with about 55,000 people are diagnosed with it each year, the charity said. | Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK with about 55,000 people are diagnosed with it each year, the charity said. |
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