February 2020
Welcome!
It's only 6 weeks until Zero Waste Sewing is out in the world!
This book has been a joy to write and produce, beginning from a seed sown here in 2016, over a year before The Dressmaker's Companion was published.
Zero Waste Sewing took about 15 solid months from sketches to holding a finished book in my hands. My family originally thought the book was called Zero Waist Sewing, bless them.
The most enjoyable part was designing the projects, and my favourite garment in the book is the coat shown below which is cut from a blanket.
A diverse and interesting (and fun!) group of women will review the book during March for the blog tour; read more about them here.
If you're in the Clare Valley area, Clare library is hosting a book launch (with fashion parade) on Tuesday March 17th, 7pm, and live streamed on facebook if you're too far away.
On the following Saturday morning there's an opportunity to try on any of the garments from the book at the Knit Spin Weave studio (5 Gleeson St).
Wild magazine in the UK has already reviewed Zero Waste Sewing and interviewed me on sustainability, fast fashion and (obviously) the book. Read it here.
Some things you might enjoy
A short 2-minute video tour through Tonle in Cambodia. Tonle employ local people and make clothing out of the fabric waste from other clothing factories.
The tale of a self-published cookbook in India with a determined author.
Read about Vera Neumann, the artist who transformed her art into wearable objects.
Is it more expensive to make your own clothes? Really? Karen Templer discusses.
Photographer Erin Little was asked to photograph the inside of a 90 year old lady's house. The old lady had died and her family wanted a record of it before it was sold.
Michael Kaplan, the costume designer for the last three Star Wars movies, talks about costume challenges, influences and triumphs for the last Star Wars. His other projects include costumes for Blade Runner, Star Trek, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Armageddon, Fight Club and Pearl Harbour.
An article on the problem with sustainable fashion - what does it really mean for fashion and is fashion able to totally re-invent itself?
On the blog lately...
Introducing the Zero Waste Sewing blog tour.
Sew a perfect facing using bias binding with this photographic tutorial.
Here's a project from Zero Waste Sewing: the geometric top.
...and on the blog archives
A roundup of obscure and interesting sewing gadgets:
Trialing a vintage buttonhole maker on a 1960's Singer. Yay or nay?
What the heck is a Dexter? I found out and gave it a go.
Can you guess what this tool is used for before you get to the bottom of the page?
Pop-up sewing classes and night classes
This year I'm excited to offer a 6 week block of night classes as well as regular pop-up sewing classes.
Nights: Mondays 6pm-9pm for Feb 24, and March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30.
Saturdays 1pm-4pm for Feb 15, 29, and March 21.
Tuesdays 9am-noon & 12.30pm-3.30pm for Feb 25, and March 10, 24.
See the full details on my website.
To book, just hit reply, I'd love to hear from you.
Cheers,
Liz