A journey towards sustainable sewing
Phew! Every single One Year Sewn post this year has been late. I'm going to try and get them on time next year! Anyway, this post is to look back at what I had sewn in September, October and November of 2019. This season marks the beginning of my real big slow down of making…
Oh Christmas shirt, oh Christmas shirt, how long have I waited for thee! This shirt is three years in the making and I am SO happy to be wearing it today! I bought the fabric in July 2018 with plans to make it for Christmas 2018, then we put our house up for sale and…
We had quite a lot of conversations a few weeks ago about whether my linen dress was in-season or not. Obviously it is in season somewhere in the world and lots of people said I could continue wearing it into the colder months here in the UK if I paired it with tights and a…
Continue reading ➞ Eco Benefits of Seasonal Wardrobe Rotation?
So this week I asked on Instagram if people minded seeing out-of-season makes. The answer on instagram was a resounding NO, people don't mind seeing makes that aren't seasonal, people want to see the sewing regardless of season! AND it just so happens to be perfect timing for all my southern hemisphere followers so I…
Have you ever refashioned the same garment more than once? No neither had I, until this. Sometimes, our makes just don't work out and a fail is a fail and that's okay. I don't know why I really wasn't prepared to let this go, it's not a special fabric or sentimental make so I am…
Image from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Manus x Machina Exhibition Often in the home sewing community we talk about our 'handmade wardrobe' and say things like "Ooh almost x% of my closet is handmade!" OR "Hey! Check out my new handmade dress!", we use hashtags such as #HandmadeWardrobe to find other sewists and connect…
Today's prompt for the New Craft House Sew Yourself Sustainable challenge is 'Eco Fabric' but if I am totally honest with you, I kinda disagree with the term. Production of all fabrics take something away from the planet so none of it is 'good' for the Earth. What matters most, is getting as much wear…
Happy September! It's Sew Yourself Sustainable month, organised by The New Craft House they are spending the whole month celebrating sustainable sewing. So, I am hoping to try and make this month's blog posts particularly relevant to the themes. I thought writing the next edition of my One Year Sewn series might be a good…
Welcome to the new-look blog, what do you think?! I've been working away in the background to give the blog a little refresh, I used to work in Systems back in another lifetime and it was so refreshing to work with coding and widgets and all that fun stuff again, I hope you like it!…
I haven't been making very much this year, I just haven't been feeling that creative energy. But I have discovered that I have loads of garments in my wardrobe that never made it to the blog. As I try to be more sustainable, I don't think it is a good idea to promote making something…
