Sustainable Tips Blog

Japanese Sashiko style quilting is a fun and easy way to repair many holes and worn fabric. The materials needed are simple and can be found around your home. If you enjoy this technique you may want to upgrade your materials to the Japanese needles, thread and thimble that are intended for this type of repair. However-since the objective is repair and to keep...

We know that the hardest thing to buy online are denim and trousers so we've put together this handy guide to help you measure your waist at home!  Same rules apply to measure your hip.  Simply repeat over the widest part of your bottom. Drawn by contributor Brenda Chi.  Check out her pieces for sale on our website here.  And her website here!

One thing we do to stock our store is look through 1,000 lb bales of vintage t-shirts that have been sent to a rag house in Compton who will cut them into rags to be used for clean-up in the auto repair industry.  We are looking for shirts we can salvage - by washing and sometimes garment dying to save them from ending their garment...