#fixyourclothes

Learning to sketch with needle and thread. . . . . . . #sewing #seamster #handsewing #embroidery #sashiko #boro #textileart #visiblemending #stitch #selfreliance #slowfashion #madenotmanufactured #clothesrepair #denimart #linenart #patchwork #fixyourclothes #sketchsewing https://www.instagram.com/p/B7MIjYjB6g6/?igshid=pil450ptrb0p

When you have thighs that just won't quit... 🤣 These jeans have 4 patches and a load of other stitching to try and keep them held together. I truly hate buying new jeans. For one thing, they are incredibly resource intensive - The UN estimates that it takes 3,781 liters of water to make a pair of jeans, from the production of the cotton to the delivery of the final product to the store. That means the emissions of 33.4 kilograms of carbon equivalent — making jeans have one of the larger footprints in the fashion industry. The process of dying denim, and in some cases then chemically distressing it, results in massive amounts of toxic water waste being dumped. That waste water often contains heavy metals, and then runs downstream to towns that drink from these polluted rivers. It is estimated that 70 percent of Asia's rivers and lakes are contaminated by the 2.5 billion gallons of wastewater produced by that continent's textile industry. So, if I can make this tatty pair of jeans last a few months longer you can bet your sweet denim clad ass I will! 🥰 And of course my next pair will be #thrifted and #secondhand because I am privileged enough to have access to charity shops! #ecofriendlyliving #slowliving #fixyourclothes #mendit #fixit #sewing #makeitlast #sustainablefashion #ecofashion (at Dublin, Ireland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWEfzyxsoGC/?utm_medium=tumblr

🌊 Getting Life Admin done is imperative to living life as flow 🌊 • • • Here I get some core stabilising whilst sewing 🧵 a patch in my jeans 👖 😍 • • #getshitdone #seamstress #healthysolutions #fixyourclothes #reduce #reuse #recycle #love #livingphilosophy #consciousliving #slowliving #dothework #core #stablising #liferefinementtherapies #natural #raw #sewing #yoga #asana (at Wollongong, New South Wales) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3YRfkkgfwK/?igshid=oxcga4oyw2m8