#commercial sewing does tend to be wasteful. but sewers really do emphasize getting the most out of your fabric | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

evenstarfalls · 1 year ago

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Obviously if it reduces the amount of yardage you'll need it's a good thing. But if you start out requiring the same amount of fabric either way, incorporating all the weird little fabric bits in the design doesn't change the amount of material used up. If you're someone who's conscientious about using all of their scraps you're actually wasting fabric by incorporating it where it isn't needed. A hoodie made from a blanket requires the same minimum amount of fabric either way—a blanket—but if you can make one with scraps left over and use them as filler for another project, it's less wasteful than sewing a hoodie that uses every bit of the blanket.

Ngl I think zero waste sewing is a little bit bullshit

#not sure there's any overlap between my followers and the demographic that would understand this post #but hey. i needed to say it #focusing on making every individual project zero waste instead of being conscientious about scraps #kinda feels like missing the forest for the trees #commercial sewing does tend to be wasteful. but sewers really do emphasize getting the most out of your fabric #how to cut it how you can use scraps etc. zero waste is already the ideal #but zero waste patterns arent necessarily the best way to go about it

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