Category: Fast Fashion

Basic Tips for Creating Sustainable Sewing for Your Home

Basic Tips for Creating Sustainable Sewing for Your Home

Living sustainably is an important part of life - whether we look at it from a spiritual perspective of good stewardship, a homemaking perspective of being present in our home, or an environmental perspective of reducing toxic waste. Home décor and fashion are two areas in which repurposing materials has become increasingly popular though many approach this through the lens of upcycling, or creating something entirely new...Read More
Fast Fashion is intended to make you less content

Fast Fashion is intended to make you less content

In the past two decades the clothing production has doubled. It isn’t because we need more. It is because the industry is marketing to make us want to buy. Every week or two well known brands like Zara are putting out new collections. As a professional sewist I have seen the clothing come in and out of my studio year after year but I haven’t taken a...Read More