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Is Fitzroy Melbourne’s newest Sewing Hub?

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With a new dress fabric store opening on Brunswick Street in the last couple of weeks, there is now five fabric stores less than 1km from Thread Den! YAY five fabric stores in Fitzroy! Buy all the fabrics!

Drapers Fabrics joins our local fabric favs, which now include The Fabric Store, Clear It, Le Nguyen and Supercheap Fabrics. We couldn’t possibly forget our best haberdashery – Jimmy Buttons – with its amazing assortment of trims, buttons and more. Plus there are sewing accessories, drafting supplies and more at both M.Recht and WmC. Jackson.

Sew, could Fitzroy become Melbourne’s sewing hub?

DOWNLOAD HERE – If you need fabric, download our list of dress fabric stores nearby Thread Den – Fabric Stores within 1km

May Love Letter

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Campaigns to inspire your sewing

I’ve found several really inspiring campaigns in the last couple of weeks and tried to pop posts about them into the Sewing Journal so that you too can check them out:

Many of us become interested in sewing because we have social and environmental concerns, these challenges are a great way to share the reasons behind why we sew.

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#MakeYourStash

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If you have one, you probably lie about how big it is…#MakeYourStash

Your fabric stash.

I heard about a sewing enthusiast recently who only buys fabric for a project. She makes that project and only then buys fabric when she has the next project planned and ready to start. I was seriously impressed – that is incredible will power! I am obviously not like that…

So, as soon as I saw this campaign I loved it. I am just as guilty as the next Fabricophile of having a huge fabric stash.

#MakeYourStash 

In its 2nd year the challenge is: to make garment(s) that we will love and wear, using fabric that has been in the stash for more than 6 months.

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Changing the way we think about consuming fashion, wearing fashion, making fashion and wasting fashion.

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Who made my clothesWe’ve come to the close of the annual #whomademyclothes campaign, it starts each year on the anniversary of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh collapsing. 

On 24 April 2013, 1,138 people died and another 2,500 were injured, making it the fourth largest industrial disaster in history… Thats when Fashion Revolution started. The #whomademyclothes campaign in April every year works to highlight transparency in the fashion industry.

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#MeMadeMay

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2019 is the TENTH year of the #MeMadeMay challenge. It is all about building your relationship with your handmade wardrobe. To take part, make a pledge to wear the garments you made yourself more and/or in different ways.  Then you showcase it throughout May. By the end of May, you will have learnt a whole load about yourself, your style, how you feel about your wardrobe, and how best to spend your clothes-making time going forwards.
To officially set your pledge, click the logo and visit So,Zo the creator of #MeMadeMay.
To Celebrate Thread Den is discounting selected classes in May to get you sewing more!