SINBAD:LEGEND OF THE SEVEN SEAS (2003)

i dont have before pictures, but this is how i mended one of my favorite sweaters. the cuffs were falling apart and since the knit was very worn, i decided to add this red ribbon i had in my ribbon stash. while sewing i kept the cuff stretched which created this lovely bell shape. overall its just nice to be able to continue wearing this sweater

[ID: two photo's showing a gray knit sleeve with a hand poking out of it. The edge of the sleeve has been stretched out and covered with a red ribbon.]

Ooh, I love the contrasting colours!

The grocery getter is slowly taking shape... I found the frame in the garden of my building, abandoned and forgotten since immemorabile time (literally, no one remembers how the bike got here, i asked). Components are from my old trash bike and leftovers from replacements to my gravel bike (cranks) and my partner's bike (saddle).

Waiting for brake pads and a couple other parts plus a front rack... I really want a pizza rack

So... A childfree friend has taken the lead in buying a group gift for the upcoming birth of another friend's firstborn child. She's got sticker shock at the inflated cost of baby gear that looks like it wouldn't survive contact with a baby. She asked me tips on how to source decent and affordable baby gear. I dub this entry:

Hand-me-down gothic

See, how you don't go broke and find stuff that will survive babies is this. Your mom (grandma) is involved in the second hand maffia, and if not your mom, then your friend's mom. Somehow all things baby start showing up in your living room. 5 blue ikea bags in one go. You're afraid to ask how it got there. You spend a day sorting through stuff. You keep what's useful, the rest you stuff back into the reusable bags and you pray it will all move on to the next person's living room. You try to get the stuff out of the house but more bags keep showing up.

You briefly rejoice when a friend gets pregnant because it means you can transplant everything your children have outgrown to the next household. Wait, what's this? The secondhand maffia found out you have a pregnant friend! Bags of maternity clothes, toys and baby gear find their way into your house again to be passed on to your friend "in need" (What do you mean, they're not in need? It's impossible that they're not in need, expecting parents are always in need, even if they don't know it yet. Surely even if they're not in need, childrearing is expensive, some free stuff will be welcome, frees up some money for fun non-essentials.) Your friend politely declines. You have bags of stuff in your house you neither want nor need, because you haven't had a newborn in three years and don't plan on having any more. Suddenly you find yourself part of the second hand maffia. You foist truckloads of gear onto unsuspecting parents who suddenly find their living room overtaken by stuff. You flee back home, swearing you don't want any of it back. "No really, I just want to see someone get another use out of it, if it doesn't work for your family, feel free to pass whatever you won't use on to an aquantaince who might need it! No, no, nothing has sentimental value, don't sweat it! Sure that stuff costs a fortune new, but after three years it's clear I actually won't get a stand at a flea market to fill up my kiddo's piggy bank, I'm really just happy to help, keep it, pass it on, sell it on marketplace if you have the patience for that so you can buy the kids something nice, I won't think badly of you if you put it on vinted I just can't deal with that platform. By the way, isn't your niece like half a year younger than my daughter? She's outgrowing some stuff and she's got the most fabulous dresses, I'll bring them over, you'll be the favourite aunt!" You leave your friend baffled on their doorstep as you rush home with an empty car.

Unburdened by the stuff, you unlock your own front door. You are greeted by the smiling baby on a box you know 100% sure does not actually contain diapers ...

AND            THEN            I            SAW            YOU.      a      study      of      love      quinn      from      netflix’s      you.      heavily      headcanon      based,      highly      selective.      written      by      tas.      #𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐒𝐌𝐄𝐓

Blue glass we got at our drop off event! It's so pretty!

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Earth Day reminder that the hierarchy of acquiring new stuff is:

1) not buying anything

2) repairing something you already have

3) borrowing or renting

4) buying it used

5) buying it refurbished

6) buying it new but a longer lasting version

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Upcycled an old Tee into a cool pillowcase

It’s an open secret in fashion. Unsold inventory goes to the incinerator; excess handbags are slashed so they can’t be resold; perfectly usable products are sent to the landfill to avoid discounts and flash sales. The European Union wants to put an end to these unsustainable practices. On Monday, [December 4, 2023], it banned the destruction of unsold textiles and footwear.

“It is time to end the model of ‘take, make, dispose’ that is so harmful to our planet, our health and our economy,” MEP Alessandra Moretti said in a statement. “Banning the destruction of unsold textiles and footwear will contribute to a shift in the way fast fashion manufacturers produce their goods.”

This comes as part of a broader push to tighten sustainable fashion legislation, with new policies around ecodesign, greenwashing and textile waste phasing in over the next few years. The ban on destroying unsold goods will be among the longer lead times: large businesses have two years to comply, and SMEs have been granted up to six years. It’s not yet clear on whether the ban applies to companies headquartered in the EU, or any that operate there, as well as how this ban might impact regions outside of Europe.

For many, this is a welcome decision that indirectly tackles the controversial topics of overproduction and degrowth. Policymakers may not be directly telling brands to produce less, or placing limits on how many units they can make each year, but they are penalising those overproducing, which is a step in the right direction, says Eco-Age sustainability consultant Philippa Grogan. “This has been a dirty secret of the fashion industry for so long. The ban won’t end overproduction on its own, but hopefully it will compel brands to be better organised, more responsible and less greedy.”

Clarifications to come

There are some kinks to iron out, says Scott Lipinski, CEO of Fashion Council Germany and the European Fashion Alliance (EFA). The EFA is calling on the EU to clarify what it means by both “unsold goods” and “destruction”. Unsold goods, to the EFA, mean they are fit for consumption or sale (excluding counterfeits, samples or prototypes)...

The question of what happens to these unsold goods if they are not destroyed is yet to be answered. “Will they be shipped around the world? Will they be reused as deadstock or shredded and downcycled? Will outlet stores have an abundance of stock to sell?” asks Grogan.

Large companies will also have to disclose how many unsold consumer products they discard each year and why, a rule the EU is hoping will curb overproduction and destruction...

Could this shift supply chains?

For Dio Kurazawa, founder of sustainable fashion consultancy The Bear Scouts, this is an opportunity for brands to increase supply chain agility and wean themselves off the wholesale model so many rely on. “This is the time to get behind innovations like pre-order and on-demand manufacturing,” he says. “It’s a chance for brands to play with AI to understand the future of forecasting. Technology can help brands be more intentional with what they make, so they have less unsold goods in the first place.”

Grogan is equally optimistic about what this could mean for sustainable fashion in general. “It’s great to see that this is more ambitious than the EU’s original proposal and that it specifically calls out textiles. It demonstrates a willingness from policymakers to create a more robust system,” she says. “Banning the destruction of unsold goods might make brands rethink their production models and possibly better forecast their collections.”

One of the outstanding questions is over enforcement. Time and again, brands have used the lack of supply chain transparency in fashion as an excuse for bad behaviour. Part of the challenge with the EU’s new ban will be proving that brands are destroying unsold goods, not to mention how they’re doing it and to what extent, says Kurazawa. “Someone obviously knows what is happening and where, but will the EU?”"

-via British Vogue, December 7, 2023

My apartment looks a lot cleaner now that I've turned all the cardboard boxes inside out.

Maybe I'll paint them next.

How to reuse old jeans to make trash bin makeover

Idea: sew some cute little moths with scrap fabrics and sew them on holes you have on your clothes so you can keep wearing them :)

me: im going to write the modern völva's vision first as it is the first in the edda

me now: no one acts like loki is bound so i will be starting the modern edda project by writing about how nari (loki and sigryns son whos entrails were used to bind loki) turned from entrails into a snake who slithered off his father and freeing him but also making, in essence, a second midgard serpent but this one taking over the duty of explaining earthquackes where jormungandr is about ocean currents

Want to fanbind? Need davy boards/book boards and low on funds? I have an excellent hack for you:

Repurpose shitty books

"But!!!" You may say, "no book is shitty! All human experiences are worth putting to paper!"

You're right! But, also, Counterpoint:

I went to my local thrift shop and got these for the low price of $5 for all 10. ("Getting into politics?" The lovely ladies behind the counter asked me. "In a manner of speaking," I replied.)

Once I got home, it was easy to turn them into this, their component parts:

("Please stop saying you're skinning them," my partner begged. Too late!)

[EDIT TO ADD: Here's a guide! Also on my tumblr. Also - when thrifting, bring a piece of paper folded or cut into the minimum size you need for boards: this way you can make sure you're getting big enough material!]

While these are just book boards, diligent deconstruction can even yield headbands, I'm pretty sure - I'll report back on my next trial run. [EDIT TO ADD: yup, you can!]

I cannot overstate the delight I have in giving these covers new life for binding fanfiction, particularly the queer kind.

Happy binding!

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REUSE, REDUCE, RECYCLE (3R's)

Reducing consumption and reusing materials help conserve natural resources such as timber, water, minerals, and fossil fuels. By reducing our demand for new products and reusing existing ones, we minimize the need for resource extraction, which often has negative environmental impacts.

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