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Sew & Show 2026 Kickoff: One Fabric, Three Inspiring Makers

Sew & Show 2026 Kickoff: One Fabric, Three Inspiring Makers We’re thrilled to begin our first Sew & Show of 2026 by celebrating the creativity of three talented community members who each t...

🚨 January 2026 update!

Our Social Fabric diverted 2,482 pounds of fabric and sewing materials from landfills last month - keeping more materials out of waste and closer to new life in creative projects!  A big THANK YOU ...

Zero Waste January: Repurposing Fabric for Eco Clean-Up

When we think about fabric waste, we often focus on scraps left over from sewing projects - but one of the simplest, most practical zero-waste solutions doesn’t require a sewing machine at all. Fab...

Zero Waste January: The Art of Visible Mending

January is the perfect time to slow down, take stock, and make our wardrobes work harder for us. As part of Zero Waste January, we’re sharing some of our favourite visible mending techniques - simp...

Zero Waste January: Tips to Reduce Fabric Waste in Your Projects

January is the perfect time to embrace new habits - and what better way to start the year than with a focus on zero-waste sewing? Whether you’re a seasoned sewist or just starting out, reducing fab...

Rethinking Fabric Scraps & Sewing More Sustainably

In sewing spaces, scraps are inevitable - but waste doesn’t have to be. We encourage our community to see offcuts and remnants not as leftovers, but as materials in waiting. When we shift our minds...

Reviewing 2025

As we look forward to new achievements in 2026, we want to say a huge thank you to our entire Our Social Fabric community for everything we did together in 2025. 💛 To our volunteers, donors, custom...

The Sewist’s Guide to Wrapping Gifts

If you love sewing, chances are you also have a growing collection of fabric scraps and special pieces too pretty to toss. Good news: they make excellent gift wrap! Whether you’re aiming for waste-...

November was BIG - record-breaking big!

Thanks to your incredible support, we diverted 11,485 lbs of fabric and sewing supplies from Canadian landfills last month. That’s our highest total this year!  To put that into perspective: 11,485...

Challenges in Textile Recycling: What We Wish More People Knew

At Our Social Fabric, we’re passionate about keeping textiles out of the landfill and getting high-quality materials into the hands of people who can use them. Every week, we process hundreds of po...