The official Zero Waste Sewing blog tour
Tomorrow the blog tour for Zero Waste Sewing begins!
Each stop on the tour has a review of Zero Waste Sewing and shows a garment from the book made by the reviewer, with their own fabric choice, interpretation and aesthetic.
Monday 9th
Jane is a sustainability consultant, TEDx speaker, upcycler, agricultural scientist and a Churchill Fellowship recipient. She is the author of Slow Clothing – finding meaning in what we wear and is passionate about creating awareness of more sustainable ways of dressing and reducing our material footprint. Jane is an adventurous dresser – some of her great outfits are to be seen on instagram.
See Jane’s post here.
Tuesday 10th
Taylor McVay of Blueprints for Sewing
Taylor is a sewing and fashion educator, fibre artist, activist, sewing pattern designer and slow fashion advocate. Taylor designs patterns inspired by architecture; take a look at the cabin tunic, moderne coat, A-frame skirt, saltbox top and geodesic top. All are thoughtfully designed, everyday wearables. See lots more on her instagram.
Wednesday 11th
Sue documents her intriguing and interesting sewing adventures on her blog and instagram. Browse the archives and read about her One Year One Outfit challenge, sewing Holly McQuillan’s zero waste spiral trousers, and sewing projects inspired by travel such as the Marimekko dress. Sue’s projects often involve using old fabrics in a new way, unusual construction and the occasional craft.
Thursday 12th
Tracy Henwood of Knit-Spin-Weave
Tracy is a fibre artist, teacher and weaver who owns Knit-Spin-Weave, “inspiring creativity, building community”. It’s the yarn shop you’ll wish was yours! Tracy remarked that being able to weave your own fabric to a custom width is very handy for zero waste pattern cutting (and indeed loom widths were a big influence on traditional clothes) and she brings a weaver’s perspective to it. Her instagram piccys are here.
Friday 13th
Fiona and Jane from The Drapery
Fiona (left) and Jane (right) own The Drapery in Adelaide, possibly the world’s most delightful fabric shop, stocking natural fabrics, independent sewing patterns, high quality notions and (yay!) The Dressmaker’s Companion. They regularly road-tests independent patterns and the samples are in their shop to try on. Their instagram oozes fabric-y goodness. They also own matching dogs.
Saturday 14th
It’s publishing day! The tour comes full circle back to here for a wrap up.
Enjoy the blog tour.
Cheers!
Update: read a round up of the blog tour here, with links to everyone’s posts.