Zero Waste Fashion
The Jeans Recycling Challenge the final analysis
The Challenge: Transform a torn pair of jeans into something useful, re-using every part of the jeans. The jeans recycling challenge is now finished. I just couldn’t find a use for the final scraps; they were too scrappy. They didn’t end up in the bin -I added them to a cushion…
Read MoreThe Jeans Recycling Challenge the last leg
The Jeans Recycling Challenge: Transform a torn pair of jeans into something useful, re-using every part of the jeans. The story so far… I haven’t quite finished the jeans recycling challenge yet. I still have the slippers to sew, and some small…
Read MoreThe Jeans Recycling Challenge
The Challenge: Transform a torn pair of jeans into something useful, re-using every part of the jeans. These jeans belonged to my sister and were worn during The Maternity Years. What I have been wanting to make for a while is a jeans handbag, after a friend visited with one she’d made. There…
Read MoreBook review Zero Waste Fashion
The book Zero Waste Fashion by Timo Rissanen and Holly McQuillan (Bloomsbury 2016) has arrived and I’m keen to share my thoughts on it with you. I ordered it last month when I wrote Considering zero waste fashion, which has become my second highest visited post. I cannot deny a frisson of excitement went through…
Read MoreFree pattern: pajama pants (or shorts)
Hello All, today here’s a simple draft for a pair of pajama pants. They could also be shorts, three-quarter length, or whatever length you like. This pattern is very nearly a zero-waste pattern. If your hip measurement is 39″ or less and your fabric width is 150cm, then you’ll have almost no waste at all.…
Read MoreConsidering zero waste fashion
Last week’s Wearing a square jacket has caused me to think about the concept of sustainable and zero waste fashion. I’m reading A Practical Guide to Sustainable Fashion by Alison Gwilt (library), and Shaping Sustainable Fashion edited by Alison Gwilt and Timo Rissanen (lent by my fashion designer friend Chiggy Schiller). I’ve just ordered Zero…
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