After months of cold weather and rain, Bellevue was finally blessed with a bit of sunshine. Students all over Bellevue College\u2019s campus have pulled out their spring fashion clothing from shorts, sunglasses to outrageous hats. I noticed Ashley Waddleton in my American Sign Language class as she took out strips of QFC plastic bags and a crochet needle, while waiting for class to begin. To my utter surprise, she then began to crochet the strips of plastic together. As days passed I began to notice a definite shape forming \u2013 She was making a sun hat!<\/p>\n
After spotting her unique talent, I immediately approached her and complimented her sustainable-inspired style. Little did I know that hat was not all that she could create! \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Name:<\/strong> Ashley<\/p>\n Hometown:<\/strong> Sammamish, Washington<\/p>\n Class Standing: <\/strong>\u00a0Running Start<\/p>\n Major:<\/strong> Nursing<\/p>\n What gave you the idea to turn plastic bags into garments?<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cOur family keeps bags from QFC, Safeway and other supermarkets for chores around the house and stuff. I saw a video on how to use the bags and decided to try it out. At first I thought about ironing them together and creating material but then I started to crochet it\u201d<\/p>\n How long does it take to make into an item?<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWell the bag took a couple months to make because I kept putting it off and was working on multiple projects. But the hat took me about 3 days and it\u2019s nearly done!\u201d<\/p>\n How many items did you make?<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI have started a lot of projects but never fully finished them but so far I have 2 fully completed.\u201d<\/p>\n Does it last long?<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cYes, I used the bag for about one year at high school and it is really strong. It can carry a lot, I put my books in and that weighed up to 30 pounds!\u201d<\/p>\n It is an amazing fashion statement piece! What are some other sustainable efforts that you are taking? Did you get to take a pledge for earth week?<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThanks! I have been trying to get my family to recycle more at home. I think we can do more there\u201d<\/p>\n What do you think of Ashley\u2019s amazing talent? Would you wear sustainable-inspired styles like the plastic hat or bag? Would you be interested in a sustainable fashion workshop? Make sure to leave a comment and let us know!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After months of cold weather and rain, Bellevue was finally blessed with a bit of sunshine. Students all over Bellevue College\u2019s campus have pulled out their spring fashion clothing from shorts, sunglasses to outrageous hats. I noticed Ashley Waddleton in my American Sign Language class as she took out strips of QFC plastic bags and ...more about Student Spotlight: Ashley Waddleton<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2398"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7449,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398\/revisions\/7449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Ashley Waddleton 101:<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n
Let\u2019s talk Sustainability!<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n
What do you think?<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n