

Check Your Thread: Sewing More Sustainably
Zoe Edwards
- Do you love sewing, AND are passionate about fighting the climate and ecological crises?
- Are you wondering if your sewing could be made more sustainable?
- Do you want to enjoy your creative passion in a way that really reflects your values?
Join Zoe Edwards, a sewing nerd and creator of Me-Made-May, on her journey to explore how to sew (and live!) more sustainably.
In this podcast we discover ways to sew with sustainability in mind, by flexing our creativity and resourcefulness in new and exciting ways. Check Your Thread’s goal is to show that sewing more sustainably can be fun and fulfilling, (HOLD the side order of guilt, eco-snobbery and FOMO.)
Topics covered include:
-Mending and garment repair
-Upcycling and refashioning
-Natural fabric dyeing
-Fibre and fabric selection
-Slow stitching
-Zero Waste sewing patterns
-The social and political dimensions of sewing
-Craft as activism
Find out more...
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- 20 episodes
- Updated Monday
Episodes20
Monday · 1 hr 16 min
July 20 · 56 min#234: Making Sewing Accessible for All Genders with Tony Rea
July 13 · 50 min233: No Stupid Sewing Questions with Julia Hincks
July 6#232: Magic and Movement for Makers – Kat Camfield with Justice McNeil
June 29 · 25 min#231: A Business Based on Scraps – Kat Camfield with Justice McNeil
June 22 · 1 hr 2 min#230: How to Teach Repair Skills with Jeanna & Mary
June 15 · 46 min#229: Further Fabric Confessions with Lise Bauer
June 8 · 49 min#228: Crafting with Neurodivergence with Kim Witten
May 26 · 59 min#227: Threading Change – Kat Camfield with Sophia Yang
May 19 · 57 min#226: Sashiko, The Untold Story with Atsushi Futatsuya
May 11 · 43 min#225: Destashing Online with Caroline from Destasher
May 4 · 19 min#224: Sewing When You’re Skint
April 27#223: An Alternative Fashion Future with Charlotte from Stitched Up
April 20#222: Neurodiversity and Craft with Kim Witten
April 13#221: Upcycling Secrets – Kat Camfield with Brynn, Emily & Meagan
March 23#220: How to Save and Make Money with Sewing
March 16#219: Flux-Friendly Sewing Patterns with Sasha Starlight
March 9#218: Fabric Confessions with Lise Bauer
March 2#217: Mending for Mental Wellbeing with Rebecca from The Big Fandango
February 16#216 : Replay – No Small Business on a Dead Planet