#223: An Alternative Fashion Future with Charlotte from Stitched Up
4/27/20260 min
The next installment of the SIDDI tour with Jeanna and Mary. I speak to Charlotte from Stitched Up - a Manchester-based not-for-profit with the goal of building an alternative fashion future by sharing sewing, mending and upcycling skills, and facilitating clothing swaps and textile recycling. I spoke to Charlotte Vinsen who freelances with Stitched Up, about what Stitched Up do, how it works and who it’s for. I also catch up with Jeanna and Mary after they deliver their first interactive talk, and we debrief on what went down and what went well.
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Charlotte Vinsen freelances at Stitched Up. Follow Stitched Up on Instagram @stitchedupcoop and Charlotte @charlottevinsen.
The Stitched Up team are (l-r) Winona, Sarah, Charlotte, Katy & Bryony:
Jeanna Wigger can be found @thepeoplesmending on Instagram. Jeanna also has an excellent Substack.
Mary Morton can be found @edinburghstreetstitchers and @mvm13 on Instagram.
Mary volunteers at the Shrub Coop, a ZW charity based in Edinburgh, Scotland (@shrubcoop on Instagram).
Listen to my previous conversations with Jeanna and Mary:
- Ep. #115: Winter of Care and Repair with Jeanna Wigger
- Ep. #132: A Season of Mending with Jeanna Wigger
- Ep. #135: How to Triage Your Mends with Jeanna Wigger
- Ep. #163: How to Effect Change This Winter with Jeanna Wigger
- Ep. #190: The Four Tendencies and Sewing with Jeanna, Kim & Lise
- Ep. #191: Stitch it, Don’t Ditch it with Mary Morton & Jeanna Wigger
- Ep. #208: Challenging Consumption and Perfectionism with Jeanna Wigger
- Ep. #217: Mending for Mental Wellbeing with Rebecca from The Big Fandango
Find their awesome book, ‘Stitch it, Don't Ditch it’.
Mary and Jeanna giving their interactive talk and triaging the damaged items brought by attendees:
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17 sentencesZoe Edwards· Host0:00
I know what you're thinking, what happened on the Stitch It, Don't Ditch It book tour after you visited the Big Fandango? Well, this episode is the next installment where I go with Gina and Mary to Stitched Up, a Manchester-based not-for-profit with the goal of building an alternative fashion future by sharing sewing, mending, and upcycling skills, and facilitating clothing swaps and textile recycling. I spoke to Charlotte Vinson, who freelances with Stitched Up, about what Stitched Up do, how it works, and who it's for. I also catch up with Gina and Mary after they deliver their first interactive talk, and we debrief on what went down and what went well. Please do stick around but a few minutes, and we'll get into it. Welcome to Check Your Thread, the podcast that will help you sew more sustainably. [upbeat music] My name's Zoe, and I'm obsessed with sewing. I've been blogging about it for over 18 years, and I'm the creator and host of the popular handmade wardrobe challenge, Me Made May, which is starting so soon. But like many people, I've become increasingly concerned about the climate and ecological crises, and I'm looking at the way that my lifestyle contributes to them. So in this podcast, I'll be nerding out about making clothes whilst exploring how to minimize the negative impact that it may have, and I really hope you'll join me in this journey. Hi, lovely listener. How are you doing? How's your day going? Thanks for choosing to spend some of it with me as this episode accompanies you about your day. So I'd like to share a bit of a sustainability win of my own this week. So last week, I had a huge sort out of my fabric scraps. I