DiscoverCheck Your Thread: Sewing More Sustainably#187: Spicy questions in the Virtual Sewing Room
#187: Spicy questions in the Virtual Sewing Room

#187: Spicy questions in the Virtual Sewing Room

Update: 2025-06-23
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How do I resist temptation whilst working in a fabric shop? Do I feel conflicted working for a fabric company whilst also personally promoting a reduction in consumption? Just two of the fun and occasionally spicy questions posed to me when I was invited to chat with attendees in the Virtual Sewing Room at the beginning of the year.





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My blouse that I rarely wear because I feel the base colour doesn’t look good on me:







Learn about the Last Sewist Standing challenge: 









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We heard about the Five Fabrics rule in:









Yet again, I mentioned the Four Tendencies framework devised by Gretchen Rubin. 





The discussion about deadstock fabrics:









Can we reduce consumption whilst still supporting small business?:









An alternative way to be a small business in the sewing industry:









My response to one particularly spicy email:









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#187: Spicy questions in the Virtual Sewing Room

#187: Spicy questions in the Virtual Sewing Room

Zoe Edwards