Many who come here do not feel well, but then they get needlework in their hands

It is about creating jobs, quality of life and sustainability. But it’s also about getting a company to run around and sell some products. The social economic enterprise In line with the world has for 13 years employed vulnerable women who have no place elsewhere, and many beautiful things have come out of this.

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Zoulikha is called the queen of Lundtoftegade because she sews and hand-embroiders the finest Moroccan-inspired crowns. They became popular in the lead up to Mardi Gras, but the demand is so great that she still makes them. Photo: Birgitte Carol Heiberg
Olena (tv) and Iryna (th) are sewing unique curtains for a concert venue in Roskilde. Photo: Birgitte Carol Heiberg
In Lundtoftegade is a very special workshop where vulnerable women are helped into the labor market by working in a social economic textile workshop. Everything here is sustainable, including the color they use to dye the recycled textiles they work with. Out under a semi-roof is the plant dye workshop, where onion skins and walnuts are put to use. Photo: Birgitte Carol Heiberg
Liv Bejer Heckmann is head of design and development at In line with the world. Photo: Birgitte Carol Heiberg
27-year-old Anna from Nørrebro is doing an internship at In line with the world. She embellishes products by embroidering them. Photo: Birgitte Carol Heiberg
A green and yellow erantis grows from the stitches. Photo: Birgitte Carol Heiberg
Iryna is working on her curtain puzzle, while Zoulikha is cutting fabric for a carnival crown in the background. Photo: Birgitte Carol Heiberg
Liv Bejer Heckmann works as a designer at In line with the world workshop in Nørrebro. She uses recycled materials and plant colors as inspiration for various designs that are sewn by immigrant women. Photo: Birgitte Carol Heiberg
Zoulikha works at In line with the world. She hand embroiders crowns inspired by Moroccan patterns. She started making the crowns in the lead up to Mardi Gras, but they became so popular that she can continue to make them. Photo: Birgitte Carol Heiberg
In line with the world’s plant dye workshop is located in the courtyard between the high-rise buildings. Here, cushion covers are dyed to be sold in Magasin on Kongens Nytorv. Photo: Birgitte Carol Heiberg
Recycled textiles are ready on the shelves to be turned into design products. Photo: Birgitte Carol Heiberg