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Fashion is a constantly evolving culture. It produces new designs, ideas, and products year after year. And every time a new statement is made, new clothing and apparels become the trend. However, fashion is also an industry that is capable of causing wastage in the form of discarded textiles and other materials.
To avoid such wastage and help make the industry sustainable, we can turn to the very source that creates the clothing and apparel: sewing. Using techniques like “minimal seam construction,” which reduces the number of seams sewn into clothing, fashion can save materials and reduce waste. By reducing waste, fashion can contribute towards sustainability and help protect the environment.
But sewing does not just help the fashion industry. It helps people, too.
I have known people who claim that sewing is therapeutic. In fact, it is not just the people I know, but a majority of the public that has begun to work with the sewing craft. One of the things that you might hear quite often is that the process has been shown to have some remarkable effects on managing stress.
Mental effects notwithstanding, everyone has a different reason for working with hand sewing. Some have chosen to hone their skills so that they may eventually start a business out of it. Some prefer to use sewing as a form of a hobby. Still others aim to satiate their curiosity.
Whatever your reasons for entering the sewing world are, remember that like all other forms of art, it requires practice to become a master. But with sewing, the satisfaction, enjoyment, and fulfillment do not lie in the fact that you are eventually going to be really good at the craft. Rather, it lies in the very act of practicing hand sewing.
My biggest advice would be this: take your time with each technique. When you have gained a fair amount of confidence with a technique, then try a different pattern and see how well you do. The whole idea behind sewing is to use your creativity to come up with interesting designs. After all, there are those who have stitched even things like animal patterns into fabrics!
You could also use numerous sewing practice kits that are specifically made for you to try out patterns, techniques, and even different types of tools.
With that, I hope you enjoy hand sewing.
Tanoshinde!
