A Year of Zero Waste Sewing
Liz Haywood presents an eclectic collection of zero waste patterncutting techniques, ideas for garment longevity, mythbusting and stories from zero waste designers. Discover innovative strategies for making zero waste patterns and reducing waste within a bigger picture of responsible fashion. Step-by-step instructions for five projects are included: a jacket, satchel, dress and two tops.
PRE-ORDERS are now open for Australian residents. For the rest of the world, sometime towards the mid-to-end of March 2024 you should be able to order it in your own country via online booksellers or from your local bookshop (the distributor is Ingram).
This book was published in instalments as zines over 2022 and 2023. These are still available (here); January is free and can be downloaded here. There’s now a video to go with it that you’ll see at the same time.
Read about this project here. Read about February and March here. Read about April and May here. Read about June, July and August here. Read about September and October here. Read about November and December here. The zines with patterns in them are March (modular jacket), May (tiny satchel), July (Eura dress), September (bias halter neck top/dress) and December (pleated top).
In case you’re wondering how similar the book is to the complete collection of zines, the answer is “almost the same”. I changed some fonts, spread out the sewing instructions since they weren’t confined to the zine format, and some of the Zero Waste Stories have been tweaked so the book is as up-to-date as possible.