No waste sewing

No-waste is a movement referring to a collection of endeavors aimed at reducing the environmental impact of clothing manufacture. One design approach strives to create garments from patterns that produce…

Make/use no waste pattern concepts: cropped t shirt - diagrams to show the principle of seam alignments changing the shape of this simple no-waste garment.

Make your own DIY sponges using cotton fabric, terrycloth, and mesh. These reusable kitchen scrubbers can be washed and reused over and over.

This is a dress design that uses a method created by zero-waste advocates, who seek to eliminate discarded fabric from garment factories.

Angelia, Upcycled clothing, Designer and Teacher on Instagram: "This took me about 30 seconds to sew, it took longer to iron.😆 The linen was thrifted, and there was no waste. #upcycledclothing#secondhandclothes #linenclothing#refashioned #sustainableliving#slowfashioncommunity"

There actually are zero-waste sewing patterns available for home sewing! I've gathered as many as I could find for you to try out!

This is really quite cool, how the entire dress is cut out of that one rectangle, with no wasted pieces. ARTICLE: "Later Anglo-Saxon Dress", including construction instructions.

We came across this Noragi jacket last year. This jacket is about 100 years old and is made with hemp material and dyed with indigo. This particular one stood out to us in a way that no other jackets did.