10th February 2024 celebrates the Lunar New Year. The Chinese New Year rings in the year of the dragon: a symbol of luck, power and prosperity. An auspicious symbol, the dragon can be seen in amongst patterns and ornaments
Fabric swap event held to enable sewers to donate their unwanted sewing supplies, as well as gaining other's unwanted treasures! There were fabrics, sewing patterns, and all sorts of haberdashery bits in abundance! Saving from landfill!
Unless you are an incredible zero-waste pattern maker, you've probably got some odd-shaped pieces of fabrics leftover from previous sewing projects. The most popular way of using up these scraps pieces, so as not to waste them, is...
The holiday season sees a huge increase in plastic use! From decorations to gifts to packaging to clothes, there is a lot of plastic involved! Here are a few tips in how to minimise plastic and waste. Browse planet friendly gift ideas for sewersin your circle:
Positive News is the online and print magazine for, well you guessed it, positive news! With the state of current affairs, we most definitely need to highlight more positive news! 10 Ways To Do Something Good With Just One Pound:
The new zero waste sewing pattern "Optimatium" by Liz Haywood is now available in Issue 9 of TAUKO magazine! Liz Haywood is a zero waste sewing pattern designer with
I'm not talking about the clothes that we've made as individual sewers, but about the billions of clothes that retailers have ordered to be made but then chosen not to sell. Yes, another issue from the fast fashion world!
When talking about the global welfare of fast fashion and how it is a major contributor to climate change, I often hear these myths being thrown around. Read on for the truth behind the myth...
Fossil fuel fashion is at the core of many of fast fashion’s worst problems: cheap materials, over-reliance on synthetics, a spiraling waste crisis and spiking emissions. Synthetic fibre production uses the equivalent amount of oil per year as the whole of Spain and polyester production produces as much emissions as 180 coal fired power stations a year.
I've seen a lot of judgement on social media recently about seam finishes! It seems that many sewers find that overlocked seams are of a lower quality than a French Seam, and therefore a lot of negativity has arisen. From a sustainable angle, I always choose to overlock the fabric edges individually as it allows for easy access to undo seams when my body changes shape...
Passionate about where their fabrics come from, and how they are made, Roo-tid work closely with manufacturers who sustainably produce eco-friendly fibres, all while adhering to ethical working conditions.
