Tacoma's Remakery upcycles discarded materials into lovable items Community members can donate and shop for unwanted materials (sold at $5/lb), learn new skills, or join others to repair and mend.

The fact that this organization exists brings me joy. I want a creative reuse center near me!

seattlerefined.com/lifestyle/re...

#tacomaremakery #upcycling #creativereuse #visiblemending #menddontend

These pockets were worn thin. Used donor pocket material from another pair of jeans. Praying it holds. 🤞🏽 These are jeans are from a farmer and you know he needs functional pockets!!!! The rest of the jeans have lots of life left.
#mendingmagic #menddontend #sassysunflowermending. #visiblemending

The Secret World Of Fashion Waste, Trash Dumps, And Global Inequity Fashion’s waste is overwhelming landfills, polluting communities, and fueling climate change. Discover the hidden cost of discarded clothes and the call for reform.

“According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the UN, fashion is among the world’s highest-polluting industries—yet it remains one of the least regulated.”

www.forbes.com/sites/dianne...

#menddontend #sustainablefashion
#repairdontreplace

I came across this helpful video by #rajivsurendra which shows you how to sew on a button.

Video: youtu.be/r7tLwrxGf2M?...

You can replace a missing button or spice up a shirt with new buttons!

#repairwhatyouwear #menddontend #mendmarch

Repair It don't replace it | Repair Cafe Winchester MA | Winchester Repair your bikes, electronics, appliances, furniture, clothing don't replace them

#RepairCafe in #WinchesterMA is Saturday March 8th, 9 - 12PM

Bring your small appliances, wobbly chairs, dull knives and garden tools, clothing in need of sewing or patching. Skilled volunteers will do their best to fix it, for free.

Link: www.repaircafewin.com

#menddontend #fixitclinc

'Stop Sending These Stained Clothes': Fast Fashion Is Destroying These Cities— and Lives See fashion's last stop, the places where your used clothing is harming ecosystems, polluting the environment, and driving often-dangerous markets.

Another informative article on what happens and who suffers the consequences of discarded clothing.

My big takeaway is to buy better and buy fewer.

Link: www.teenvogue.com/story/what-r...

#menddontend #repairwhatyouwear

A basket filled with mending tools, which include a darning mushroom, darning loom and darning thread.

An image of hands mending a sweater full of moth holes.

Hi! I’m excited to be joining Bluesky. My name is Mariko and I teach visible mending for clothing.

Please follow me for updates on mending workshops in Eastern Massachusetts!

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