"I pledge to beg, borrow, barter, swap and Buy Nothing New throughout October."
Living a sustainable lifestyle is a subject I feel quite strongly about. Our daily choices have an impact on the world around us. In my everyday life I strive to lighten my footprint on our planet by recycling items that no longer serve their original purpose. I don't see the point in spending my hard earned cash unnecessarily, especially on items not intended to last more than a month or two, as I'm sure you all don't. As this is a sewing blog I won't go into a great debate about these issues here but I do encourage you all to think about how you spend your money and what you spend it on. Is it necessary or can you make do without? Perhaps you can recycle/refashion something to achieve the desired outcome.
Having taken this pledge I will not purchase any new items (apart from essentials, food etc) for the month of October. Therefore, I will not be purchasing any new fabric unless it is thrifted, however I don't think this will have any impact on my sewing as I already have a large stash of Spring/Summer fabrics just waiting to be stitched into garments.
Frugal living with a make do and mend attitude is a sustainable lifestyle so why not follow the link and take the pledge. Just think of it as a stress free, low impact savings plan. Are you with me?
I would love to join this . I can think of 3 small purchases I need to complete 2 upcoming projects ( one zip, one thread and a small amount of contrast fabric ) but apart from that I will make the pledge . Do those small purchases count as essentials?
ReplyDeletegood news - got the right colour zip from the op shop ( along with a burda tracing wheel and invisible zipper foot ) - all for $1.50 !! . feeling a little less guilty now about the other 2 needed purchases.
ReplyDeleteFabulous, you are joining in. With a little thought it's easy. How luckly were you, I can never find notions at my local op shop.
ReplyDeleteI would love to join in, except I have failed already when I bought some fabric yesterday!... but I was spending a birthday voucher... oh, I know there is no excuse :(
ReplyDeleteGood luck! and I will join you, from now on :)
Yay you!!!! Sounds a fantastic endeavour to encourage sustainably minded peops to try to put into practice what they already feel in their hearts. I wish you a happy month of making do and mending, sewing and recycling. I have a feeling this is pretty much what I do in my life already, although I did buy a mooncup the other day, which (for obvious reasons!) was new, but with the intention of preventing a lot of landfill in the long term! Sorry if that was TMI!!! all the best xxx
ReplyDeleteOh, yes! I tried to do something like this last year, I put up with almost three months ... but did not ... in fact, it was two months and three weeks, here is the post of my defeat:
ReplyDeletehttp://sewingadicta.blogspot.com/search/label/outfits?updated-max=2011-03-16T10%3A04%3A00-07%3A00&max-results=20
Guess I am weak .... sigh ... Good luck with your month!