Red Cedar
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Category: Textiles
Post #2064: Slow fashion and slow food – another way of saying elite consumer?
While thinking about the slow fashion/clothing movement a couple of weeks ago, I watched the documentary “The True Cost” (available on Netflix) which is about the textile industry and the transition to clothing as disposable consumer items over the last three decades – its… Continue Reading “Post #2064: Slow fashion and slow food – another way of saying elite consumer?”
Post #2062: Blogging along with #slowfashionoctober
Coming off of Wednesdays’s post on mindfulness and creativity, I feel compelled to join in with October’s blogging theme over at Fringe Association which is Slow Fashion (#slowfashionoctober). Some of you may have noticed that this blog has recently developed two strong themes which… Continue Reading “Post #2062: Blogging along with #slowfashionoctober”
Post #2059: Three things I would like to make this fall
This in no way constitutes a project list – because I’m not making a list of things that I should, or will do. That’s just a trap, doncha know? But I will tell you what garments seem like interesting makes to me at the… Continue Reading “Post #2059: Three things I would like to make this fall”
Post #2057: Experiments in dressmaking (seam edition)
As I mentioned in my last post about the Cappuccino Dress I’m working on, I was thinking about doing more than just zig-zagging the interior seams to finish them (I have no serger so that is never an option). For the initial dress seams, I… Continue Reading “Post #2057: Experiments in dressmaking (seam edition)”
Post #2055: Autumn Zen
In the Zen tradition that I am involved with, there is a custom of intensified meditation and contemplative practice in the fall – known as Fall Practice Period – which opens this Friday. Beginning with a two-day non-residential meditation retreat (where we go to… Continue Reading “Post #2055: Autumn Zen”
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