Step-up Your Sustainable Stitching

#AD Whether you have been crafting a collection of handsewn garments or stitching surprises for your lucky loved ones, you are already a member of the eco movement (even if you didn’t know it!). Instead of buying into fast fashion and consumer culture, you have been putting love and care into thoughtful pieces that will last for years to come. Now, with more people talking about the environment than ever before, we are faced with the opportunity to take our efforts to the next level. Read on to discover our favourite brands for sustainable sewing.

Stitching together – Style and Sustainability

Environmentally friendly choices are important when shopping for sewing supplies. That is why Vlieseline uses renewable and sustainable materials in its products. This inspirational brand offers interlinings made from 100% renewable raw materials like wool and cotton, plus recycled polyester fibres. Vlieseline’s motto is: responsibility meets style. Let's go in the right direction together and look good doing it!

AchooPachoo – Sew It Yourself

The ‘Sew-It-Yourself’ kits from AchooPachoo will help you to take a step towards your sustainable journey, reducing your environmental impact thanks to one of the oldest and most essential crafts: sewing. Make clothes for you or loved ones with these carefully crafted boxes. AchooPachoo uses mostly natural or recycled fibre fabrics and designer end-of-rolls. This brand also makes an impressive effort to reduce its packaging wherever possible.

Bootstrap Fashion – Stitch for your Shape

Imagine a dress that follows your curves and flatters your silhouette. This ingenious tool will help you to achieve the perfect fit for your upcoming sewing projects. In fact, the sewing dummy can be anything you want as you create it. Bootstrap Fashion will then provide you with a sewing pattern according to your measurements. You will also receive plenty of thoughtful sewing tips. This DIY adventure will be easy and simple thanks to the illustrated step-by-step instructions. Why give into the pitfalls of fast fashion when you can allow yourself the perfect mannequin fit. Go on, you deserve it!

Offset Warehouse – Sustainable Shopping

Inspired by her own struggle to find ethical textiles, fashion designer Charlie Bradley Ross launched sustainable fabric shop, Offset Warehouse, in 2010. The website started small, operating out of her front room with just a few photos of fabrics from a hand-weaving cooperative. Today the business stocks over 150 socially and environmentally-responsible textiles and haberdashery items, dispatching wholesale and retail orders to customers worldwide from a warehouse facility.

Bawn Textiles – From Crop to Shop

With a background in textile conservation and a lifelong love of sewing, owning a fabric shop had always been a dream for Bevan O’Daly, who owns eco-friendly fabric store Bawn Textiles in Glasgow. Bevan is very particular about the stock she sells in her store, ensuring that all cottons are certified by GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard), which monitors the fabric from crop to shop – ensuring every step of its journey from farming, weaving, dyeing, and finishing meets a certain standard.