Learn Ways to Reduce Waste When Sewing

Join us for a two-part presentation with award-winning author and designer Liz Haywood. In an effort to positively impact the environment, Liz discovered a zero-waste method of garment making and design in 2017.

Liz's keen eye and decades of commercial garment making merge into an environmentally friendly alternative to using commercial patterns built on the goal of reducing the amount of fabric wasted.

Liz will discuss how she discovered and utilized zero-waste pattern cutting during the first recorded lecture. She then offers an overview of the zero-waste design process and highlights the ways zero-waste patterns differ from traditional pattern making. 

Want more of the green conversation? Stay and hear about: 

  • - How to create a pattern in multiple sizes
  • - Our current scrap generation
  • - Zero waste vs. fit and appearance
  • - Hurdles and wins in making zero-waste patterns

Examples of Zero Waste Patterns


Zero Waste Sewing

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Course Curriculum

  • Part 1: The Zero Waste Sewing Lecture

    1 Video

  • Part 2: Q&A Follow Up

    1 Video 1 Text