11 sewing projects to reduce your use of plastic🌍

Small gestures change the world. For this reason, with the Zero Waste Challenge Kit, we suggest 11 sewing projects to reduce your day-to-day use of plastic. From February 29, 2024, we invite you on a 5-month journey toward a more conscious and sustainable lifestyle.

For this plastic-free sewing challenge, we’re collaborating with @nairamkitty. She will guide you step by step through 5 video tutorials she has prepared for you to learn how to sew a food cover, a cutlery cover and serviette, a bread bag, shopping bags, snack and sandwich bags. As well as a set of make-up remover disks and wipes. Every month, a new surprise project awaits you!

Share your progress and results on social media with the hashtag #ZeroWasteKatiaFabrics and enter the giveaway of a set of Katia Fabrics products worth €100. Find all the details at the end of this post.

11 sewing projects to reduce your use of plastic

In this new 2024 SAL, we suggest sewing 11 projects to reduce your use of plastic in your day-to-day life.

#ZeroWasteKatiaFabrics

Project: Sew 11 projects to reduce your daily use of plastic. You will sew a food cover, a cutlery cover and serviette, a bread bag, shopping bags, snack and sandwich bags. As well as a set of make-up remover disks and wipes.

Level: Easy

Start: February 29

Duration: 5 months. On the 29^th of each month, we will release a new video with 2 or more projects, the challenge ends on June 29.

During this challenge, @nairamkitty will guide you through her experience of sustainable sewing with video tutorials so that you can easily sew all the projects. You are not alone on this adventure. Join our Sewing-Along Katia Fabrics group on Facebook and connect with other like-minded sewing enthusiasts. Here, we share the monthly projects and provide valuable support videos to ensure you’re successful every step of the way.

Materials: Zero Waste Challenge Kit

What’s included in this Kit?

The Zero Waste Challenge Sewing Kit contains everything you need to take part in this exciting initiative. You’ll find the fabrics and other sewing materials you need like Velcro and elastic to be able to follow the challenge. Also, on the Kit label you’ll find a QR code with the patterns in PDF format to make 11 sewing projects. The best part is that these patterns and video tutorials are available with subtitles in 6 different languages: English, Spanish, French, Dutch, German, and Italian. So, everyone can join in the fun!

How to take part in the Katia Fabrics SAL and join the challenge?

If you have any questions about how to take part in a Katia Fabrics SAL, we’ll answer some frequently asked questions here.

First, if you are wondering what a SAL is, it is the abbreviation for sew-along. At Katia Fabrics, we invite you to enjoy the experience of sewing along with sewing fans from around the world in our Katia Fabrics Sew-Along Facebook group.

Participating in a Katia Fabrics SAL is super simple!

1. Look for our Sew-Along Katia Fabrics Facebook group. Join other sewing fans from around the world!
2. Buy the Kit to sew your Zero Waste sewing projects.
3. Once you have purchased the Kit, you will see a QR code on the label where you can download all the patterns for FREE. Download them, print them, and put them together.
4. Finally, take part in the Facebook group. Here is where you can see when we publish a new video. You can also ask questions, share your progress and final result with the group. In the group, you’ll also receive guidance and support from sewing fans from around the world and support in 6 languages (EN, ES, FR, DE, NL, IT).
5. We encourage you to share tricks, experiences and also photos or videos of your progress and the result of the star pattern of this SAL.

 Instructions and support videos:

During the SAL, on the 29^th of the month, we will publish the support videos in our Facebook group.

The videos will be narrated in Spanish and include subtitles in 6 languages: English, Spanish, French, Dutch, German, and Italian. Therefore, the pattern instructions and subtitles are available in 6 languages to easily make this project.

Join the plastic-free sewing challenge

Are you ready to accept the challenge? Join @nairamkitty and Katia Fabrics in this exciting initiative that will not only allow you to explore your creativity, but also significantly contribute to reducing the use of plastic in our society.

To top off this beautiful challenge, on July 3, coinciding with International Plastic Bag Free Day, we will give away €100 worth of Katia products. Take part in this challenge and publish photos on social media with the hashtag #zerowastekatiafabrics.

The winner of the giveaway is: Birjinia Ferreiro Lukas. Congratulations!

Join the Zero Waste Challenge now and let’s change the world through sustainable sewing like these 11 sewing projects to reduce your use of plastic!