Sew Sustainable Fair

I﻿ run sewing workshops for complete beginners and those who would like to improve their skills. All the workshops use fabrics and materials that are sourced second hand from either industrial textile waste, people's private fabric collection, charity shops and vintage fairs. I aim to make my workshops accessible as possible, please let me know if you have accessibility requirements that I haven't considered. I have a DBS certificate and I am a qualified first aider.

Sarah Richards at Olive Road London

Sustainable sewing event featuring small businesses selling eco friendly sewing supplies. Plus workshops, talks and meet ups

Craft Central

<h1>A﻿ shopping event dedicated to eco sewing! </h1><h2>S﻿mall independent businesses </h2><ul><li>O﻿live Road London, selling vintage fabrics from the 1950s to 1990s</li><li>S﻿imply Vintage Designs, selling vintage fabrics, haberdashery and crafting kits</li><li>M﻿issy Mop Fabrics, supply of contemporary and vintage dead-stock dress fabrics and trims</li><li>M﻿aven Patterns, sewing patterns for the modern maker</li><li>J﻿ames Tailoring, planet friendly sewing supplies and haberdashery</li><li>E﻿thel &amp; Joan buttons and accessories</li><li>S﻿easons of East dressmaking patterns</li><li>B﻿ornella Sustainable Fabrics</li><li>S﻿tash Hub  app, a place to manage your fabric stash, patterns and sewing plans</li><li>In a Haystack digital subscription </li></ul><p>Head over to our website for the full bios. Sign up for our newsletter for exclusive offers and an exciting competition.</p><h2>Talk: How to sew more sustainably by Zoe Edwards from Check Your Thread.</h2><ul><li>We are very excited to welcome Zoe Edwards to the Sew Sustainable Fair. Zoe will be sharing with us her key learnings from interviewing guests on her popular podcast Check Your Thread. Over the past 18 months, Zoe has interviewed a wide range of guests that explore the many and varied ways we can sew, and live, more sustainably. Zoe talks about what she has learnt, as well as her own formula for making clothes more sustainably. Zoe will share that formula alongside heaps of tips for how you can make clothes that you will love, and that will see tons of wear.</li></ul><h2>Workshop: book via the link below</h2><ul><li><a href="https://tlzmovement.com/collections/workshops/products/tlz-experience" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">L﻿earn to repair and patch your clothes with TLZ Movement</a></li></ul><h2>Where and when</h2><ul><li>2﻿2nd April, 10am to 4pm. </li><li>Craft Central, 397-411 Westferry Road, London, E14 3AE</li><li>Close to Island Garden DLR station, on the D7 and 277 bus route (from Hackney, Mile End and Canary Wharf stations)</li><li>C﻿anary Wharf station is a short bus ride away (see above)</li><li>C﻿lose to Masthouse Terrace Pier on the River Thames, arrive by boat from Greenwich or central London</li><li>Fully accessible venue</li><li>A﻿ beautiful 18th Century forge 2 minutes walk from the River Thames. </li></ul><h2>S﻿ewing Social</h2><p>A﻿ pop up cafe will be on site along with seating. Stay and chat about sewing with friends. </p><h3>We look forward to meeting you at our Sew Sustainable event.</h3><h2>A﻿bout Sew Sustainable Fair</h2><p>The idea for this new sewing event came from a group of small businesses who promote sewing sustainably. The nature of making our own clothes is a protest against the fast fashion industry. Considering where we buy our fabric and sewing supplies is the next step. Buying vintage and deadstock fabric is a sustainable alternative to buying new fabrics as we are already using items that are already in circulation. Preventing them from reaching landfill.  Along with careful sourced organic and recycled fabrics and trims. </p><p>M﻿ore details available on our <a href="https://lon.9c0046ed393e.isolation.zscaler.com/profile/64253667-1c43-405a-b96c-09356b215687/zia-session/?controls_id=f5f68e0a-b4b6-440e-a935-5328cbead940&amp;user=00fcc21652f24bb74f33bd658d8c093101bbb22162f0d2ac65b6f32c1f81baa5&amp;original_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sewsustainablefair.co.uk%2F&amp;key=sh-1&amp;hmac=af626963facd967a7db5361bbc0242f37b5d78dee549cad82e88c84c942fef48" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sew Sustainable Fair</a> website. </p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/sewsustainablefair/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">F﻿ollow us on Instagram</a></p>

<h3>Recent fabric swap by Olive Road London at Craft Central, same venue as the Sew Sustainable Fair</h3>

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