#208: Challenging Consumption and Perfectionism with Jeanna Wigger

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Check Your Thread: Sewing More Sustainably

Zoe Edwards

208 episodes

2 days ago

- 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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#208: Challenging Consumption and Perfectionism with Jeanna Wigger

Check Your Thread: Sewing More Sustainably

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#208: Challenging Consumption and Perfectionism with Jeanna Wigger

PSA: The Winter of Care and Repair challenge is kicking off on 21st December! I used its imminence as an excuse to talk to the challenge’s creator, mending expert and author Jeanna Wigger, about the wider impact participating has had for her. Jeanna tells me how it’s helped her shift her consumption habits, challenge her perfectionism and reframe her ideas around productivity. Maybe it will do something similar for you! Support the podcast over on Patreon! Access and download the FREE WOCAR tracker sheet. Photo credit: Elaine Pieczonka. Jeanna Wigger can be found @thepeoplesmending on Instagram. Jeanna also has an excellent Substack which includes this explainer about WOCAR. Listen to my previous conversations with Jeanna: Ep. #115: Winter of Care and Repair with Jeanna Wigger Ep. #132: A Season of Mending with Jeanna Wigger Ep. #135: How to Triage Your Mends with Jeanna Wigger Ep. #163: How to Effect Change This Winter with Jeanna Wigger Ep. #190: The Four Tendencies and Sewing with Jeanna, Kim & Lise Ep. #191: Stitch It, Don’t Ditch It with Mary Morton & Jeanna Wigger Find and order Jeanna and Mary’s book, ‘Stitch it, Don't Ditch it’: Katrina Rodabaugh, author of ‘Mending Matters’, played a key role in Jeanna’s mending journey. Jeanna’s men(D)iagram! Click through to read her explanation.