#wasteless crafts | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

wastelesscrafts · 2 years

Note

I read somewhere that embroidered clothes need to be washed differently. Is this true? I read that right after getting a bunch of embroidery floss to visibly mend some clothes

Washing embroidered clothes

Yup! Check out my post on securing embroidery thread, which includes laundry instructions. My embroidery tag's also a good resource.

Handmade embroidery tends to be fragile, so it's important to properly secure your thread and take good care of the embroidered item. If you don't, you risk for your threads to come loose.

If you're not careful when washing embroidered items, your embroidery threads could get snagged on things like buttons or zippers in the washer.

Try to either wash them by hand (safest), or use your machine's delicate cycle combined with a laundry bag. Always let the item air-dry.

#wasteless crafts #ask #embroidery #laundry #diy #mending #visible mending #embroidery thread #fibre arts #fibre crafts #clothing care #fashion #fast fashion #slow fashion #sustainable fashion #sustainability #zero waste #reduce reuse recycle

4K notes · View notes

calendulacraft · 9 months

Text

Fast Fashion to Slow Fashion :: a DIY guide to up-cycling and mending clothing on a budget.

For those of us living on a small income, buying from sustainable fashion brands is often out of reach. I would like to point out that *buying new but ecological garments isn't the only way to cultivate a slow fashion wardrobe*. Here are a few options for transforming *upcycling* your clothing, thus making fast fashion into slow fashion:

Mend and repair :: patch hand-me-down sweaters, fix holes in leggins from target and other department stores. By giving items a longer life, and preventing unnecessary garbage, fast fashion items become slow fashion! Here are two tutorials I have written on how to mend a torn belt loop on jeans and patch leggings.

Up-cycle clothing that doesn't suit your style :: when preparing for a trip back home and wondering how to acquire some nicer clothing for the trip a friend of mine gifted me a big bag of clothes. Almost all of them were items that we could call "fast fashion" and nearly all also had stains or rips that needed mending. By fixing and adapting these items and then going on to wear them for several years longer, I am keeping them out of the cycle of buy then trash.

Tailor items that don't fit you :: Taking in clothing is quite simple and there are lots of tutorials on how to hem pants and skirts or take in a size or two. I recently made a tutorial on how to take out a skirt, or make a skirt bigger by adding panels.

At some point, we must face the fact that a t-shirt is totally worn out and cannot be used for clothing any longer. In such cases here are a couple of crafts to utilize the fabric and other items from the scrap pile:

Create a Quilt :: if you find yourself with a pile of beautiful & memory-filled scraps -- transform them into a quilt as I have done in this post.

Make Twine :: Longer scraps of fabric, especially those from stretch materials like leggings or jersey cotton t-shirts can be made into a thing rope also known as fabric twine. I wrote a tutorial on how to make twine out of fabric scraps.

<<Best of luck in all your crafting endeavors!>>

#upcycled fashion #slow fashion #fashion tutorials #mending #mending 101 #mending references #mending masterpost #cottagecrafts #upcycle #repair culture #low waste #zero waste #wasteless crafts

376 notes · View notes

miosage · 1 year

Text

I bought this lovely woolen blanket at the bargain section of Ikea a while ago – it had been there because it had a hole. I thought it could be an opportunity to learn/practice darning. Unfortunately, I then had to realise that it must've been slashed while opening a package, so it really has more like five to ten holes. I got really discouraged and left it lying on a mending pile for ages.

Since I've been sick all week, I've been puttering at home a lot and sorting things and I came upon my mending pile and the blanket. I decided to finally tackle it and some other projects and looked up darning methods and was ultimate led back to tumblr.

Thanks especially to @wastelesscrafts I got the motivation and instruction I needed to start doing some visible mending and boy, do I love it. Thank you!!

I've been happily hyperfocussing on darning away (and watching sense8 while doing it) all day and here are the first results:

They're a little wonky (also the coarsely woven fabric is quite hard to work with) but I'm super happy with them anyway. I did them with sock yarn because I felt like that went with the texture of the blanket.

#visible mending #darning #wasteless crafts

745 notes · View notes

ecopunkbeginner · 1 year

Text

I really want to learn how to sew, but I'm very overwhelmed. I'm afraid of practicing on most things for fear of messing them up and wasting them. I'm really the kind of person who needs someone teaching me and available to answer my questions, but I don't have anyone for that and there's several reasons I'm apprehensive about finding a class (the most rational of which are my lack of income and COVID, but social anxiety is also a factor).

I know there's guides and videos online, but I always get so overwhelmed and usually don't know where to start because all my ideas are abstract, abstract to me specifically (because I don't know how fabric construction works), or difficult and/or risky enough to scare and/or confuse me out of wanting to do it.

Does anyone have tips for teaching yourself to sew? How do I practice without being wasteful?

#low waste #zero waste #sewing #wasteless crafts #mending #visible mending #i have one thing that im not afraid of practicing on that has a few simple rips in it and i think i might be able to make that happen #(if i even have needles...shit do i have needles?) but after that i only have like vague ideas #solarpunk #diy #fiber art #fiber crafts

205 notes · View notes

ninamation · 8 months

Text

Embroidered a free hat with a prickly pear

Not a big embroiderer, but this was a fun little project.

74 notes · View notes

quiltingwitch · 1 year

Text

A scrappy birb quilt made with 100% recycled and reclaimed materials for a bird lover I love! The fabric, batting, buttons, and even the thread were all sourced from my own clothing, thrift bins, or FabScrap BK.

Bird block pattern is Pretty Bird by Heather Valentine of The Sewing Loft

256 notes · View notes

cottonkhaleesi · 6 months

Text

It’s a visible mending day.

#cotton khaleesi #cottonkhaleesi #darning #visible mending #sashiko #reduce reuse recycle #wasteless crafts #thick thighs save lives #but are hell on your trousers

29 notes · View notes

ernmark · 11 months

Text

So I bought a couple belts that turned out to be just a couple of inches too tight-- they kept my pants up, but they were uncomfortable.

I got them at a thrift shop, so there wasn't a lot of choice regarding the size-- but also they were like a dollar each, so I figured I could play around with upsizing and if they didn't survive I wouldn't be too put out about it.

Since they were the same size and nearly the exact same style (I'm betting they were both from the same person), they make for a good before/after set.

I cut it into pieces, sewed the ends, added grommets, and laced them back together with paracord.

You can see the extra length the laces gave me, and it's a lot more comfortable to wear. The knots are a bit lumpy, though-- I'll need to experiment with ways to secure the laces that will lay flat.

I also had some extra grommets left in the kit I bought (it came to all of $3 with a coupon), I went ahead and repaired another belt, too.

#wasteless crafts #clothing repair #I'm building a reputation at work for being cheap and resourceful and I'm here for it

39 notes · View notes

gothmods · 9 months

Text

Recently completed hoodie customisation

The design is loosely based on a luna moth and made using fabric from an old (like a decade old) hoodie and cotton embroidery thread

Plus a zipper dangle made from an old phone strap and beads/charms

#my sewing #<- new tag alert dince i guess i should start tagging for thess projects #wasteless crafts #upcycling

25 notes · View notes

fibrousearth · 2 years

Text

Here's a close up of my rug, and a look at how I made it :) I need a round lil cushion to go with my rug for long term sitting, and that way I can use the shirt tops that I can't make into yarn, for stuffing! I'm also planning on making a kneeling stool too, so that I have options on days when different things flare up.

I use rubber-banded-shut pliers for a lucet fork because it's what I have, and they happen to have the strength to handle thick tshirt yarn lol

#handmade #fiber artist #independent artist #fiber craft #disabled artist #disabled #disabled life #wasteless crafts #upcycle #rag rug #tshirt rug #queer artist #lgbt artist #queer community

261 notes · View notes

shinnamon-roll · 11 months

Text

started to learn how to sew . . . ＼⁠(⁠^⁠o⁠^⁠

All of the dresses made from waste material and sewn by me. Also dolls are very old so i styled their hair again. 🌼

#art #crafts #my craft #diy #hand sewn #chrochet #barbie #fashion dolls #fashion #artists on tumblr #wasteless crafts #recycling

22 notes · View notes

wastelesscrafts · 8 months

Text

youtube

How to build a wardrobe for a changing body (Leena Norms)

For more ideas, check out my post on fluctuating sizes.

#wasteless crafts #video #youtube #leena norms #subtitles #fashion #fluctuating sizes #ed mention #wardrobe #Youtube #fast fashion #slow fashion

311 notes · View notes

calendulacraft · 1 year

Text

Leggings may be one of the most notorious items of fast fashion but, they don't have to be!

By repairing clothing, and giving garments a longer life, we can keep out of the cycle of buy & die. Because, let's be honest here: giving away clothes is no guarantee that they won't end up in the trash. The only guarantee is to mend & upcycle the garment ourselves!

The key here is to patch a small hole before it grows & grows. Really this is an easy fix and I wanted to share how it is done with just a few basic sewing supplies.

In this tutorial I used a lighter grey patch and silver thread so that the steps would be visible and easy to follow. Here I went with a #visiblemending look but, you may want to use a matching color of patch & thread so that the mend goes unnoticed.

Happy Mending!

#wasteless crafts #zerowaste #low waste #crafting #mending #DIY #ecological fashion #slow fashion #upcycling #sustainable fashion #mending tutorial #sewing tutorial #crafts

343 notes · View notes

bethany-sensei · 2 years

Text

[IDs in alt text]

I noticed that my @prideknights shirt is getting pretty worn out. In particular the design is cracking and starting to lose detail. So I had an absolutely unhinged idea to preserve it.

Step 1: mark the center back of this thrift store shirt