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Showing posts with label Sustainability. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sustainability. Show all posts
Friday, 1 April 2022
Tuesday, 18 January 2022
Little Dresses for Africa
All About Little Dresses for Africa
Founded in 2008, Little Dresses for Africa is a not for profit charity that strives to send beautiful clothes for vulnerable children across Africa.
The charity was founded in the US, but we work with the wonderful Sarah who is the charities UK ambassador. She's lovely and once your little dresses arrive here with us, we send them on to her and she works to make sure they're sent to worthy communities across Africa.
The pillowcase dresses are hugely appreciated by the communities as items of clothing, however the charity works closely with the communities too. All the dresses are delivered to small and remote villages by groups of volunteers. The charity delivers the dresses to the children and spend time with the residents, building relationships to focus on educating about clean water, assisting with primary education and helping to build community.
The little dresses are always delivered to small villages and distributed alongside a local church or orphanage. The charity always ensures that the villages that are receiving dresses do not have easy access to clothing items, therefore do not negatively affect the local economy or compete will a local business.
You can keep updated with where our little dresses are being sent by following the Little Dresses for Africa - UK facebook page.
How To Get Involved
The Little Dresses charity works entirely on donations of homemade dresses.
We send you beautiful new pillowcases, so we want to encourage you to do something really great with your old ones. All you need is a sewing machine and a spare afternoon, the instructions are made to be simple so whether you're a sewing expert or a complete newbie, everyone can get involved.
Find our instructions for how to make your own dress from a pillowcase here.
Want some inspiration? See our gallery with a selection of some of the 2000 dresses we've been sent so far!
Share your own photos with us on social media too, always tagging in #mylittleslsdress.
Images and info above sourced from Secret Linen Store
Marit Ilison, Designer
The eye-catching, colourful and patterned woollen vintage blankets originate from the 1970s and 1980s Soviet Union when they were very common and found in every house. Every family had at least one, if not several. The blankets are often connected to very personal memories, for example, they were given as wedding presents. In the beginning, the blankets were made of camel wool. People used to unpick them to get precious yarn and to knit sweaters of it during the Soviet deficit. Later mainly lambswool was used. We dedicate a lot of time finding them because such blankets have become rare in time and each of them is unique. For Longing for Sleep Unique collection coats each blanket is carefully selected and cleaned.
More to see.
Friday, 7 January 2022
Kitchen Garden Textiles
"I design textiles to replace single-use and plastic disposables in home kitchens and rental napkins for caterers and restaurants, and I give back to urban farmers. All of the textiles I use began as crops, just like the food on our table."
-Heidi Barr, Founder
Go to website to learn more. Link below.
25 Sustainable Textile Innovations
Go to website to see all 25. Link below.
https://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/sustainable-textile-innovations
Thursday, 6 January 2022
Bio Plastics Guidelines
What are bioplastics?
Bioplastics are made wholly or in part from renewable biomass sources such as sugarcane and corn, or from microbe such as yeast. ... Bioplastics made from renewable resources can be naturally recycled by biological processes, thus limiting the use of fossil fuels and protecting the environment.
Assignment:
Explore the process for making bioplastics. So that we can employ sustainable practices, work sessions will be scheduled during class time. This will allow us, as a group, to utilize and not waste materials.
Guidelines:
- Each student required to have at least six (6) pieces of bio plastic that demonstrate time and effort with experimenting.
- Each sample should be no smaller than 2" square.
Materials:
Are provided in the studio.
Post the following information on your blog:
- At least one (1) in-process image.
- Professional images of final solution. Can be individual images or you can arrange solutions in small groups.
Bioplastics are biodegradable materials that come from renewable sources and can be used to reduce the problem of plastic waste that is suffocating the planet and contaminating the environment. Does it make any sense to continue using packaging that can take centuries to disappear to pack products that only last days or months?
Plastic is the third most commonly used petroleum derivative in the world; each year 200 million tons of plastic are consumed on the planet. It comes from a non-renewable source (petroleum), it is contaminating and non-biodegradable (it can take more than 1000 years to decompose).
More to see and read from Active Sustainability. Link below:
https://www.activesustainability.com/environment/what-are-bioplastics/?_adin=02021864894
Saturday, 13 November 2021
Celia Pym, Artist
Elizabeth’s Cardigan, cardigan and wool darning, 50 x 65 cm, 2002-2016
Teaching Jumper, original grey jumper with one moth hole in middle of the chest, wool and acrylic yarn,
65 x 54cm, 2020
Mended Mushroom Bag, paper bag, wool and cotton, 12 x 24 x 5cm, 2021
Vivien Leigh’s jacket, made by Women’s Home Industries, original garments and white wool mending,
60 x 105 x 3cm, 2020
More to see on artist's website:
LDC
Cotton and Sustainability
From sourcing certified cotton to promoting agricultural best practice within and beyond our value chain, we work proactively toward increasingly sustainable operations and supply chains, both as LDC and in collaboration with partner organizations such as the Better Cotton Initiative.
LDC has also begun using a ‘diagnostic’ system that applies DNA to determine the purity and quality of some of its cotton.
Developed by Applied DNA Sciences, the technology uses tiny genetic markers that are sprayed on the cotton at the gin just before packaging. The DNA markers bind to the plant’s fibers and act as a microscopic barcode that can be tracked throughout the supply chain.
The labels PimaCott and Homegrown, which are used to brand the cotton that is traced through DNA, are useful for manufacturers, traders and retailers. And if consumers see these labels on a product, they have an absolute guarantee that the cotton used in its manufacture was responsibly sourced and produced.
Source link for more info.
https://www.ldc.com/product/textiles-fibers/
Friday, 30 July 2021
Host a Donation Bin
About ATRS
American Textile Recycling Service (ATRS) is the nation’s fastest growing donation bin operator . ATRS was founded with a profitable, global conscious mission to help communities reuse, renew and recycle clothing, shoes, toys and household goods. We provide easy and convenient Clothing & Shoe Donation bins in neighborhoods nationwide. We are committed to keeping textiles out of landfills, creating jobs here at home, and abroad. Our unique business model leaves an extremely small carbon footprint and a better planet for the next generation.
Read more on website:
Sunday, 25 July 2021
Sashiko
Sashiko Kimono
History:
Sashiko originated about 400 years ago as a means of keeping warm and preserving clothing. In rural, northern Japan, winters were harsh and many people were extremely poor. They relied on producing their own clothing from hemp (cotton was prohibitively expensive for everyday garments) and were restricted from wearing certain colours, so used indigo dye as it was easily grown and was thought to protect against insects.
Putting two or more layers of cloth together and sewing with running stitch creates small pockets of air in the clothing, which trap warmth. Many beautiful, geometric patterns were stitched in undyed thread to create the classic 'cream on blue' look we associate with sashiko today. As well as being beautiful, this was also very practical as women would often stitch sashiko on dark evenings and the contrast meant they could see what they were doing!
Since an item of clothing sometimes had to last for three generations, dense stitching helped preserve the fabric, as well as providing a means of repairing with patches.
Sashiko fell out of favour in the 20th century as Japanese people began to wear Western clothes and did not want to be reminded of how poor their families once were. However, recent years have seen a revival of interest as people around the world have seen sashiko on the internet and want to have a go! In Japan, sashiko has also become more popular as a craft hobby. Interestingly, people in the West tend to want their sashiko to look 'traditional' and usually choose cream thread and indigo fabric, whereas in Japan this looks a bit 'old fashioned', so different coloured fabrics and threads are becoming more popular!
Above text source: https://www.japancrafts.co.uk/sashiko.html#/
Wednesday, 12 May 2021
Lenzing
Website
https://www.lenzing.com/sustainability/sustainability-management/circular-economy
Economy with a future
The resources of our planet are limited. For this reason, we are committed to establishing the circular economy as a sustainable, future-oriented concept in the industry and to protect the Earth in this way.
Sustainable and efficient use and processing of all raw materials is required to protect the environment. We have countered the wastefulness of business as usual with circular economy models. For example, we have shown how our environmentally responsible technology turns discarded garments into new sources of raw material for high-quality fibers.
What is circular economy?
The circular economy is oriented to nature as its role model. In essence, the concept of the circular economy aims to keep raw materials in a closed loop. In this way, resources are maximally used, the need for new ones is reduced, waste is avoided and the life cycle of products is increased. In short, the waste of today becomes the raw material of tomorrow - the same as in nature.
In this way, the circular economy differs from the current economic system i.e. the linear system, in which products are manufactured, used and disposed of.
Recycling textile waste
To address the enormous textile waste challenges of industry and society, Lenzing has developed a unique upcycling technology branded REFIBRA™. This technology utilizes pre-consumer cotton scraps and post-consumer garments from the textile value chain as raw materials.
Link below lists several companies involved in textile recycling and sustainability.
https://www.lead-innovation.com/english-blog/sustainable-solutions-in-the-textile-industry
Desserto
Adrián López Velarde and Marte Cázarez have developed a method of transforming cacti into a vegan leather that looks so realistic, you'd never guess it was made from this desert plant. They called their cactus vegan leather Desserto and it is made from cacti grown on their plantation in the Mexican state of the Zacatecas. The cactus is known for its rugged, thick skin, which makes it the perfect texture to simulate animal leather.
Image and text source My Modern Met. Read and see more. Link below.
Visible Mending
Born from the Japanese art of sashiko, visible mending enables crafters to eschew fast fashion and make mistakes beautiful.
Miho Takeuchi, a traditional sashiko instructor and designer born in Japan and based in the United States, tells me via email that sashiko, which developed in poor communities in Japan’s Edo period, “was born from the necessity of mending and patching garments, beddings and household items. In ancient days, clothing and bedding were made from homespun fabrics woven from native fibrous plants such as wisteria and hemp and necessity demanded that this clothing be recycled for as long as possible.” It was only later, she tells me, that the technique evolved to include the elaborate surface-level designs and intricate patterns popular with visible menders today.
Jessica Marquez, https://www.instagram.com/miniaturerhino/
Marquez makes sure to emphasize this history in her teaching as well. “I talk a lot about sashiko as a Japanese technique, and I talk about how it was developed,” she explains. “It’s a resourceful technique; it’s birthed out of necessity and thrift, and we have everything.” Whereas mending was once the province of those who could not afford new clothes, today’s visible mending is the province, primarily, of those who can afford the time and attention it takes to make one’s clothes into a statement.
More To See
Search
#visiblemending
and
#sashiko
on Instagram.
Fab Brick
While she was a student in architecture, Clarisse Merlet, founder of FabBRICK, notices how much construction is a polluting and energy-intensive industry, so she decides to find a way to built differently , especially with the use of raw material wastes such as plastic bottles, cardboard or plastic cups.
Then, Clarisse figured out that textile industry was poorly considered regarding recycling this material which has relevant properties in the area of construction knowing that cotton is considered as a powerful thermal and acoustic insulator. Then she had the idea of re-using discarded clothes by making it an innovative raw material. Based on the characteristics of the recovered textiles, she designs an ecological building material both thermal and acoustic insulator. Based on the characteristics of the recovered textiles, she designs an ecological building material both thermal and acoustic insulator.
Go to website to see the many images of Fab Brick in action. Link below.
Smart Wool
Image Source:
And, now, old socks don’t need to get thrown away anymore.
Nope. They sure don't. We’re partnering with Material Return™ circularity platform to collect and deconstruct hard-to-recycle socks and turn them into new goods like dog beds—helping us reach our big sustainability and circularity goals.
Above info from Smart Wool, a company partnering with Material Return to recycle socks. Go to website for more information. Link below.
https://www.smartwool.com/what-matters.html#/smartwool/the-second-cut-project
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