Felting is one of the most versatile, useful, and easy techniques for working with natural fibers. Nearly all protein fibers,…
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Earth Care
Clothing for Preppers: What Will You Do When the Preps Run Out?
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************Throughout history, families would often make their own clothing. It was not until the advent of the industrial revolution that…
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Gardening for Sustainability: Planning in the Fiber Plants
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************Sustainable dyes for sustainable fashion is only one side of the gardening coin. Growing and producing your own sustainable fibers…
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Sustainable Clothing Repairs: How to Sew on Buttons!
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************Creating sustainable clothing can be a challenge, while increasing the sustainability of your wardrobe can also be quite challenging. Finding…
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The Woad to a Sustainable Blue Part Eleven: Woad in Herbal Medicine
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************Historically speaking, dye plants and medicinal herbs often overlapped. A prime example is yarrow, a plant that will dry wounds…
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Sustainable Fashion: Buy Words, Marketing, and Reality
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************Once upon a time, and long, long ago, all fashion was sustainable. Now, the realm of sustainable fashion, and sustainable…
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