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:
#42: Highest Possible Level of Use with Shelly Sommer
#41: Using Sewing Patterns More Sustainably
#40: Experimend with Erin Lewis-Fitzgerald
#39: Modern Mending with Erin Lewis-Fitzgerald
#38: Pledge and Participants #2 with Amy and Judith
#37: Pledge and Participants #1 with Rebecca and Meg
#36: What is Me-Made-May?
#35: Mask Making with Sophie Passmore
#34: Ethical Fabric Sourcing with Charlie Bradley Ross
#33 Encouraging Kids to Sew
#32: Textile Activism with Shams el-Din Rogers
#31: Exploring Zero Waste Design with Liz Haywood
#30: Tips and Takeaways from Made Do and Mend
#29: Lessons From the 1940s
#28: Make Do and Mend
#27: Zoe & Julia go Rag Rugging
#26: Harvesting Materials with Eliu Hernandez
#25: Handmade Period Pants with Yelena Buck
#24: Conscious Making in Real Life with Rebecca Evans-Merritt
#23: Sewing Goals for the New Year
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