People talking about sewing their own clothes to deal with supply chain issues...sweet innocents...I love sewing clothes and would encourage anyone to do it but do you think there is a zipper factory in town or something...
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I'm sitting here watching videos of textiles being hand stamped via the one fabric place I know how to order slightly more ethical textiles from (AND THEY'RE CANADIAN), working up to making (1) button down for myself this has been a months long journey
I mean I personally think it would be absolutely joyous if our social norms suddenly got really cool really fast with what homemade clothes actually look like for most people, but.... We don't even know how much everything we see rests on craft we don't think about...
I think I'm pretty good at making clothes all things considered, enough that I wear them on stage! But I just tried to put sleeves into a shirt that wasn't cooperating and I nearly cried lmao. The fortitude needed for this hobby.
Anyway here is a button down I am making for summer! I'm going to do some embroidery up the button placket and I am thinking of trying to do California poppies 😃
I remember when I borrowed a sewing machine to do curtains and then tried to make a t-shirt because I had leftover cloth. I was barely able to get into it.
When I need rotary blades I’ll trade you some heavy duty waterproof magnets or phone charging cables (since your children are likely to even burn through your overstock supply).
But sewing is women’s work, so it doesn’t count as *real* labor, right? A little back of the napkin math and it totally offsets any material costs. Like magic.
I wish there was a developed chain of supply of clothes too ruined to be sold, from vintage and thrift stores to home sewists and upcyclers. I know cast-offs go to rag houses but I'd love to be able to access some of the fabrics, zippers etc.
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I’m ready!!