#197: Can I Dig It? Podcast – Glut Management Tactics

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Check Your Thread: Sewing More Sustainably

Zoe Edwards

197 episodes

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- Do you love sewing, AND are passionate about fighting the climate and ecological crises? - Are you wondering if your sewing could be made more sustainable? - Do you want to enjoy your creative passion in a way that really reflects your values? Join Zoe Edwards, a sewing nerd and creator of Me-Made-May, on her journey to explore how to sew (and live!) more sustainably. In this podcast we discover ways to sew with sustainability in mind, by flexing our creativity and resourcefulness in new and exciting ways. Check Your Thread’s goal is to show that sewing more sustainably can be fun and fulfilling, (HOLD the side order of guilt, eco-snobbery and FOMO.) Topics covered include: -Mending and garment repair -Upcycling and refashioning -Natural fabric dyeing -Fibre and fabric selection -Slow stitching -Zero Waste sewing patterns -The social and political dimensions of sewing -Craft as activism Find out more... checkyourthread.com

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#197: Can I Dig It? Podcast – Glut Management Tactics

Check Your Thread: Sewing More Sustainably

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#197: Can I Dig It? Podcast – Glut Management Tactics

This episode is from Zoe’s other podcast: Can I Dig It? - Food Growing for Busy People. If you’ve grown, foraged, bought or received a large amount of fresh produce, here’s how to deal with it and not let it go to waste! Check out the Can I Dig It Podcast's Patreon page! Can I Dig It? is made by: Pippa Chapman, @pippachapman_thoseplantpeople on Instagram, and Pippa Chapman Permaculture on YouTube. Zoe Edwards, @sozoblog and @checkyourthread on Instagram, and visit the Check Your Thread website and find the podcast in your favourite app. If you’re in the UK and have a TV licence, you can see Pippa’s appearance on Gardener’s World via iPlayer. Pippa uses an Excalibur dehydrator, specifically the Excalibur 9-tray Dehydrator With Timer In Black Fermentation expert, Sam Cooper, is @chef.sam.black on Instagram. His book, The Fermentation Kitchen, is on Zoe’s Christmas list. ‘Slow Bolt’ AKA ‘Long-Standing’ and ‘Santos’ are coriander varieties that are slower to go to seed. ‘Green Aroma’ is Pippa´s favourite variety of coriander Great sources for fruit trees are: Ashridge Blackmoor Or your local trusted garden centre may do bare root fruit orders.