Did you know:
•Australian households on average spend about $50 a week on clothing, footwear and accessories, or $2600 a year. This can be a lot more sustainable - See more on our 1MW W ear fact file . Our sustainable fashion advisor Bronwyn Darlington explains you can easily save - $600 or more a year by making more sustainable fashion choices.
Welcome to the third post in our susta style journey, Repair & Rebirth.
The Susta-Style journey |
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| Recycle, Share & Swap |
| Care & Cleaning |
| Repair & Rebirth |
| Knowledge & Research |
| Return on Investment |
Those of you who frequent this blog may remember that our very first susta-style post was in this very theme. Check out some of our past tips for revamping pre-loved fashion here.
So many simple repairs don’t get done because we are not organised enough to take care of them when we need to.
It is worth investing in a small sewing kit and learning these very basic clothing repair essentials.
1. How to sew a button .
2. How to hem .
It's amazing how long an outfit can last when you learn this skill.
You can learn the basics here
3. How to patch jeans .
Rather than tossing jeans with bare knees, you can patch them quite easily giving them a new life.
Learn the basics here
4. How to fix a ripped seam.
This is another very common repair. It seems that most often, the underarm seam on a shirt or the crotch seam in pants are what fail. These are very simple repairs to make, and require nothing more than a needle and thread.
Learn the basics here .
5. How to take in a pair of pants.
Another amazing trick to have up you sleeve, (get it?? - up your sleeve .. because it's about sewing.. ah, forget it.)
Learn the basics here .
Did you know:
Unwanted clothing and textiles make up 4-5% of waste being dumped in landfills in Australia - See more at our 1MW Wear fact file .
For some amazing inspiration on how to breathe new life into your old outfits, or any you may pick up second hand - check out our interview with Marisa Lynch from New Dress a Day. Marisa’s lives by the saying 'one person’s trash is another persons treasure!'. She explains: “I love finding vintage goodies that may not fit me perfectly or translate well with the current state of fashion and then make them work on me. (Thank you Tim Gunn – “make it work” has become my mantra)”
We would absolutely love you to share your own DIY projects with us in our 1MW photo a day challenge
- click here to learn how to play.
Check in next week for our next installment, knowledge and research.
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