Any sustainability problems with salvage and up-cycled fabrics I should take into account? For those who make some of their own clothing, what do you look for when buying fabric?

I do a lot of thrifting, and one thing I’m always on the look out for is vintage scrap fabric. I love to take old odds and ends and try out different patterns. I don’t do a ton of up-cycling on existing clothing (mostly just fittings and repair) But I will disassemble totally unusable garments for the material. Mostly I’m after old bedsheets, and the odd bundles of scrap fabric. I’m by no means a professional seamstress, and my stuff isn’t perfect, but I like to wear it.

Are there any sustainability issues I should be taking into account that I’m not? I feel like this is a decent way of getting ‘new’ clothing. Hell, even the buttons are salvaged from vintage shops. Micro plastics are a concern, but I kinda feel like there’s less I can really do about those (though perhaps I just don’t perfectly understand how they work)

I prefer to work with cotton and synthetic cotton blends. I’ve tried satins and honestly I really hated sewing with it, but I’m determined to use up what I bought.

For those of you who do a lot of up-cycle or diy what kind of stuff do you go for? What kind of projects do you like to make? Does fabric type make a big difference to you?

Submitted October 20, 2024 at 01:51AM by MissWolfsbane77 https://ift.tt/WwS1Va5