Are there fabrics in your stash that you’re just too scared to cut into? I talk with Stephanie Canada, vintage sewing pattern and fabric seller, about when and why it's ok to use the precious fabric. Plus she shares her sourcing secrets, and tells us when it’s important to chuck vintage sewing resources in the bin…
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The website I used to research the sustainability credentials of various banks is bank.green.
Find Stephanie’s shop at her website ‘Backroom Finds’.
You can also find her on Instagram @backroomfinds and on Youtube @StephanieCanada.
Listen to the first episode with Stephanie:
Stephanie bought an entire sewing shop!
Stephanie recommends these reproduction pattern companies:
@WithLoveKristina on Youtube is Stephanie’s pal.
My most precious length of fabric:
Listen to:
#145: 5 Simple Tactics to Save on Sewing
#144: London Destash Fabric Swap 2024
#143: No Small Business on a Dead Planet
#142: Values Based Spending and Making with Shams el-Din Rogers
#141: Resourcefulness, Resilience and Wealth with Laura Oldanie
#140: Sew Organised Style Podcast – The Nest Community
#139: Behind the Scenes of Podcast Making with Maria Theoharous
#138: Making Sewing Podcasts with Maria Theoharous
#137: 5 Ways to Update Unworn Me-Mades
#136: Activism in Real Life with Beedy Parker
#135: How to Triage your Mends with Jeanna Wigger
#134: You Can Mend Clothes
#133: Mending in Public
#132: A season of mending with Jeanna Wigger
#131: Self-Drafting for Fitting Success with Elisalex Jewell
#130: Zoe & Kim go to The Stitch Festival
#129: How to Sew Clothes From Fabric Scraps
#128: Scrap Strategies, Part 2
#127: Scrap Strategies, Part 1
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