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Zero Waste Quilting Links

This information was provided by Sandra Sandvik following her presentation on Zero Waste Quilting – January 2020.

Non Profit Organization – https://www.daysforgirls.org/    An organization near you will take your good quilting cottons and flannels.

Movies to watch: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1433209923541 and http://riverbluethemovie.eco/     The movie River Blue can be purchased for $5.00 to review.

https://www.valuevillage.com/     Always updating their website with current community impact reports REthink, REuse.

Shopping for industry’s textile waste: https://oursocialfabric.ca/    Best to sign up for their newsletter as they will advertise when they are open for sales.

https://www.fabcycle.shop/     Similar to OurSocialFabric but with some regular store hours.

Becky Tillmen Pedersen’s blog about her journey of upcycle quilting projects: https:// www.quiltedtwins.com/100-upcycled-quilts-the-story/

Scrappy Octagon shape: Sujata Shah author of the Root Connection Cultural Fusion of Quilts https://basketfullofscraps.blogspot.com/2019/01/overlapping-octagon-how-to-draftyour. html

https://basketfullofscraps.blogspot.com/2019/03/unconventional-and-unexpectedoctagon. html

https://www.africanquiltsofindia.com/press/

Check out what Eileen Fisher clothing is doing with their recycled returned cloths: https://www.eileenfisher.com/renew

https://www.eileenfisherrenew.com/resewn-collection