Reading Time: 5 minutesMaking your own greetings cards can be fun, creative, and a way to send cards that strike a cord with your friend or family’s likes and tastes. Here are five ways to make greetings cards from repurposed materials. Your card making can be sustainable and will cost very few pence/cents. These are not exactly high […]
Craft Skills
Clothes From Scraps: Zero Waste Clothes
Reading Time: 7 minutesZero Waste Week has had me thinking about many aspects of zero waste. My focus has recently been on the waste and pollution associated with clothes. Now, fabric, trimmings and yarn waste, and the idea of making clothes from scraps, is my focus. Fabric waste, in particular, is a huge problem for the fashion industry, and […]
Plastic-free Sportswear: Make, Mend, Buy
Reading Time: 5 minutesI’ve mentioned plastic-free sportswear, outdoor and underwear in my last post Plastic microfibre pollution: Zero Waste Week solutions because I believe they’re the hardest clothes to find plastic-free. Synthetics are generally quick drying, can keep us warm or cool, and are easy to wash, so it’s not surprising that they are increasingly the go-to fabric for this […]
Plastic Microfibre Pollution: Zero Waste Week Solutions
Reading Time: 5 minutesMicrofibre pollution has been on my mind again recently as I’ve been making clothes and have been fabric-focused this summer. I come back round to this in a timely way, as today is the beginning of Zero Waste Week. The theme for this year is cutting your plastic waste. Single-use plastics are the main focus, […]
Sewing Motivation Hacks
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis summer I’ve spent some time with the sewing machine again, and I’ve got my sewing motivation back. Although it’s been my intention for a while to delve into my fabric stash and make use of it, I’ve had an extra incentive this summer. As the summer heatwave set in I realised I was short […]
Sustainable Life: Everything Has to Come From Somewhere
Reading Time: 9 minutesWhen I see advice on how to live a sustainable life, the words everything has to come from somewhere always come to mind. It’s something I find I keep saying to myself. We can so easily be seduced by a new ‘sustainable’ product, forgetting that it still has to come from somewhere. Perhaps sometimes there […]
