Cloth Magazine, For DIY Fashion and Green Crafts
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Green crafting and DIY fashion are growing in popularity. Making clothes and household accessories from discarded items or customizing store bought items are a great way to create something individual in style, while also helping the environment by cutting down on waste.
Cloth magazine and website (clothmagazine.co.uk) is targeted at green crafters and people keen on DIY fashion. The focus of the magazine and website is on how crafters can make beautiful and unique items of clothes and household accessories from discarded or recycled items or though customizing shop bought items.
While some basic skills are required, the combination of Cloth magazine and website seeks to give even complete beginners the information that they require to pick up a needle and start creating. The ideas and projects are very contemporary in style, and if 'green crafting' conjures up images of the worst 'here's one I did earlier' moments from Blue Peter, then perhaps it is time to think again.
Cloth Magazine
The Cloth magazine and website, published in the UK by Real Design & Media, aims to offer readers information and inspiration about green crafting, DIY fashion, creating a unique look and a whole range of related subjects. Cloth seeks to offer readers something a little different to traditional sewing magazines.
The emphasis is very much on recycling, repurposing and customizing. Readers are shown how they can use basic skills and little in the way of special equipment to produce unique one-of-a-kind clothes and household accessories. The magazine contains projects, features looking at different aspects of green crafting as well as offering information about new products and services.
Cloth Website
The Cloth website is a useful accompaniment to the Cloth magazine. Readers will find a range of projects plus illustrated step by step instructions explaining key hand and machine sewing techniques. This is useful for readers of the magazine who are new to sewing or who want to brush up on forgotten skills. The description of a basic sewing starter kit is also helpful to readers who want to have a go at sewing or customizing clothes but are not sure what equipment they require to start.
In addition to projects and techniques, the Cloth website includes a useful directory of shops and a what's on of events that will appeal to DIY fashionistas and crafters.
Buying Cloth Magazine
The magazine can be purchased online from the Cloth website. The cost of a single issue is £3.50 with £1 postage in the UK and £2 for international postage.
Green crafting and DIY fashion is a great way for sewers and crafters to demonstrate their own unique style and Cloth magazine and website should be a useful additional resource.
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