Mariko Sugimori
@mona-and-zoe.bsky.social
Incorporating the concepts of mottainai and wabi-sabi into my mending, upcycling & mindful thrifting. Follow me for updates on upcoming workshops!
Link: https://www.monazoemending.com/events-2-1
Link: https://www.monazoemending.com/events-2-1
May 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The fact that this organization exists brings me joy. I want a creative reuse center near me!
seattlerefined.com/lifestyle/re...
#tacomaremakery #upcycling #creativereuse #visiblemending #menddontend
seattlerefined.com/lifestyle/re...
#tacomaremakery #upcycling #creativereuse #visiblemending #menddontend
Tacoma's Remakery upcycles discarded materials into lovable items
Community members can donate and shop for unwanted materials (sold at $5/lb), learn new skills, or join others to repair and mend.
seattlerefined.com
April 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The fact that this organization exists brings me joy. I want a creative reuse center near me!
seattlerefined.com/lifestyle/re...
#tacomaremakery #upcycling #creativereuse #visiblemending #menddontend
seattlerefined.com/lifestyle/re...
#tacomaremakery #upcycling #creativereuse #visiblemending #menddontend
“According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the UN, fashion is among the world’s highest-polluting industries—yet it remains one of the least regulated.”
www.forbes.com/sites/dianne...
#menddontend #sustainablefashion
#repairdontreplace
www.forbes.com/sites/dianne...
#menddontend #sustainablefashion
#repairdontreplace
The Secret World Of Fashion Waste, Trash Dumps, And Global Inequity
Fashion’s waste is overwhelming landfills, polluting communities, and fueling climate change. Discover the hidden cost of discarded clothes and the call for reform.
www.forbes.com
April 19, 2025 at 12:44 AM
“According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the UN, fashion is among the world’s highest-polluting industries—yet it remains one of the least regulated.”
www.forbes.com/sites/dianne...
#menddontend #sustainablefashion
#repairdontreplace
www.forbes.com/sites/dianne...
#menddontend #sustainablefashion
#repairdontreplace
DID YOU KNOW? MassDEP has BANNED textiles from the local trash stream. Repairing otherwise good clothing is a great way to repurpose those old textiles.
Check out my upcoming workshop at Wilmington Memorial Library on 4/19!
www.wilmingtonma.gov/public-works...
Check out my upcoming workshop at Wilmington Memorial Library on 4/19!
www.wilmingtonma.gov/public-works...
Textile Repair Workshop April 19th at Wilmington Memorial Library | Town of Wilmington MA
MassDEP has BANNED textiles (clothing, fabrics, shoes, stuffed animal toys, etc) from the local trash stream.
www.wilmingtonma.gov
April 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
DID YOU KNOW? MassDEP has BANNED textiles from the local trash stream. Repairing otherwise good clothing is a great way to repurpose those old textiles.
Check out my upcoming workshop at Wilmington Memorial Library on 4/19!
www.wilmingtonma.gov/public-works...
Check out my upcoming workshop at Wilmington Memorial Library on 4/19!
www.wilmingtonma.gov/public-works...
Join me for a Visible Mending workshop at the Wilmington Memorial Library on April 19 from 2:30 - 4:30 PM. Register at the link below:
wilmlibrary.libnet.info/event/13217406
#visiblemendingworkshop #wilmingtonma #readingma #northreadingma #billericama #woburnma #darning #handsewingclass
wilmlibrary.libnet.info/event/13217406
#visiblemendingworkshop #wilmingtonma #readingma #northreadingma #billericama #woburnma #darning #handsewingclass
March 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Join me for a Visible Mending workshop at the Wilmington Memorial Library on April 19 from 2:30 - 4:30 PM. Register at the link below:
wilmlibrary.libnet.info/event/13217406
#visiblemendingworkshop #wilmingtonma #readingma #northreadingma #billericama #woburnma #darning #handsewingclass
wilmlibrary.libnet.info/event/13217406
#visiblemendingworkshop #wilmingtonma #readingma #northreadingma #billericama #woburnma #darning #handsewingclass
@clotheshorse.bsky.social had a thoughtful episode on distinguishing news from opinions. I can’t do it justice in one sentence, so give it a listen!
Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
#sustainablefashion #textilewaste #antifastfashion
Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
#sustainablefashion #textilewaste #antifastfashion
Episode 227: How to find accurate news in unprecedented times, with Elizabeth Segran
Podcast Episode · Clotheshorse with Amanda Lee McCarty · 02/24/2025 · 2h 28m
podcasts.apple.com
March 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
@clotheshorse.bsky.social had a thoughtful episode on distinguishing news from opinions. I can’t do it justice in one sentence, so give it a listen!
Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
#sustainablefashion #textilewaste #antifastfashion
Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
#sustainablefashion #textilewaste #antifastfashion
Reposted by Mariko Sugimori
Worth another shout-out: Slow Fashion Caucus, launched by Congresswoman Chellie Pingree and other representatives in June 2024, is actively promoting circular economy principles in the textile industry pingree.house.gov/news/documen...
#textilewaste #slowfashion #circulareconomy
#textilewaste #slowfashion #circulareconomy
Pingree Leads First-Ever Congressional Effort to Rein In Fast Fashion With Launch of Slow Fashion Caucus
pingree.house.gov
March 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Worth another shout-out: Slow Fashion Caucus, launched by Congresswoman Chellie Pingree and other representatives in June 2024, is actively promoting circular economy principles in the textile industry pingree.house.gov/news/documen...
#textilewaste #slowfashion #circulareconomy
#textilewaste #slowfashion #circulareconomy
I came across this helpful video by #rajivsurendra which shows you how to sew on a button.
Video: youtu.be/r7tLwrxGf2M?...
You can replace a missing button or spice up a shirt with new buttons!
#repairwhatyouwear #menddontend #mendmarch
Video: youtu.be/r7tLwrxGf2M?...
You can replace a missing button or spice up a shirt with new buttons!
#repairwhatyouwear #menddontend #mendmarch
HOW TO SEW A BUTTON ON, PROPERLY! (Tailoring Technique) - with Rajiv Surendra
YouTube video by Rajiv Surendra
youtu.be
March 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I came across this helpful video by #rajivsurendra which shows you how to sew on a button.
Video: youtu.be/r7tLwrxGf2M?...
You can replace a missing button or spice up a shirt with new buttons!
#repairwhatyouwear #menddontend #mendmarch
Video: youtu.be/r7tLwrxGf2M?...
You can replace a missing button or spice up a shirt with new buttons!
#repairwhatyouwear #menddontend #mendmarch
February 26, 2025 at 2:21 AM
#RepairCafe in #WinchesterMA is Saturday March 8th, 9 - 12PM
Bring your small appliances, wobbly chairs, dull knives and garden tools, clothing in need of sewing or patching. Skilled volunteers will do their best to fix it, for free.
Link: www.repaircafewin.com
#menddontend #fixitclinc
Bring your small appliances, wobbly chairs, dull knives and garden tools, clothing in need of sewing or patching. Skilled volunteers will do their best to fix it, for free.
Link: www.repaircafewin.com
#menddontend #fixitclinc
Repair It don't replace it | Repair Cafe Winchester MA | Winchester
Repair your bikes, electronics, appliances, furniture, clothing don't replace them
www.repaircafewin.com
February 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
#RepairCafe in #WinchesterMA is Saturday March 8th, 9 - 12PM
Bring your small appliances, wobbly chairs, dull knives and garden tools, clothing in need of sewing or patching. Skilled volunteers will do their best to fix it, for free.
Link: www.repaircafewin.com
#menddontend #fixitclinc
Bring your small appliances, wobbly chairs, dull knives and garden tools, clothing in need of sewing or patching. Skilled volunteers will do their best to fix it, for free.
Link: www.repaircafewin.com
#menddontend #fixitclinc
I just love the needle book one of my students made at last week’s workshop. All the materials are repurposed secondhand scraps and notions!
February 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I just love the needle book one of my students made at last week’s workshop. All the materials are repurposed secondhand scraps and notions!
Another informative article on what happens and who suffers the consequences of discarded clothing.
My big takeaway is to buy better and buy fewer.
Link: www.teenvogue.com/story/what-r...
#menddontend #repairwhatyouwear
My big takeaway is to buy better and buy fewer.
Link: www.teenvogue.com/story/what-r...
#menddontend #repairwhatyouwear
'Stop Sending These Stained Clothes': Fast Fashion Is Destroying These Cities— and Lives
See fashion's last stop, the places where your used clothing is harming ecosystems, polluting the environment, and driving often-dangerous markets.
www.teenvogue.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Another informative article on what happens and who suffers the consequences of discarded clothing.
My big takeaway is to buy better and buy fewer.
Link: www.teenvogue.com/story/what-r...
#menddontend #repairwhatyouwear
My big takeaway is to buy better and buy fewer.
Link: www.teenvogue.com/story/what-r...
#menddontend #repairwhatyouwear
I’m excited for my Sew Your Own Needle Book workshop today! Didn’t make the sign up? Don’t worry, I have other workshops scheduled this winter/spring!
www.monazoemending.com/events-2-1
www.monazoemending.com/events-2-1
February 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I’m excited for my Sew Your Own Needle Book workshop today! Didn’t make the sign up? Don’t worry, I have other workshops scheduled this winter/spring!
www.monazoemending.com/events-2-1
www.monazoemending.com/events-2-1
@badasscrossstitch.bsky.social book has been helping me keep grounded these past couple of weeks. If you’re looking for some guidance on how to move forward, check it out!
bsky.app/profile/bada...
bsky.app/profile/bada...
It’s so weird spending 5 years working on something in service to others and then it’s out in the world and you have to spend all your time being like “hey will you buy this and read it bc it’s the biggest thing I’ve ever done and I would hate for it to go to waste” 😂
bookshop.org/p/books/let-...
bookshop.org/p/books/let-...
Let's Move the Needle: An Activism Handbook for Artists, Crafters, Creatives, and Makers; Build Community and Make Change! a book by Shannon Downey
Create change in the world with this inspiring guide to social activism, from the artist and craftivist behind Badass Cross Stitch. Craftivism, or the space where art and activism meet, is a powerful...
bookshop.org
February 2, 2025 at 12:43 AM
@badasscrossstitch.bsky.social book has been helping me keep grounded these past couple of weeks. If you’re looking for some guidance on how to move forward, check it out!
bsky.app/profile/bada...
bsky.app/profile/bada...
Reposted by Mariko Sugimori
It’s so weird spending 5 years working on something in service to others and then it’s out in the world and you have to spend all your time being like “hey will you buy this and read it bc it’s the biggest thing I’ve ever done and I would hate for it to go to waste” 😂
bookshop.org/p/books/let-...
bookshop.org/p/books/let-...
Let's Move the Needle: An Activism Handbook for Artists, Crafters, Creatives, and Makers; Build Community and Make Change! a book by Shannon Downey
Create change in the world with this inspiring guide to social activism, from the artist and craftivist behind Badass Cross Stitch. Craftivism, or the space where art and activism meet, is a powerful...
bookshop.org
December 13, 2024 at 9:45 PM
It’s so weird spending 5 years working on something in service to others and then it’s out in the world and you have to spend all your time being like “hey will you buy this and read it bc it’s the biggest thing I’ve ever done and I would hate for it to go to waste” 😂
bookshop.org/p/books/let-...
bookshop.org/p/books/let-...
Reposted by Mariko Sugimori
My #visiblemending project from @mona-and-zoe.bsky.social class last week. I learned so much! 🧵🪡
January 31, 2025 at 2:10 PM
My #visiblemending project from @mona-and-zoe.bsky.social class last week. I learned so much! 🧵🪡
#visiblemending is a great way to extend the life of your clothing. Check out this story #WBUR posted on textile waste.
“The [EPA] says in 2018 Americans threw away more than 11 million tons of textiles, nearly twice as much by weight as they did in 2000.”
Link: www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
“The [EPA] says in 2018 Americans threw away more than 11 million tons of textiles, nearly twice as much by weight as they did in 2000.”
Link: www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
Resell, recycle, remake: Fighting the flood of ultra-fast fashion
Fashion trends die quickly, but old clothes can live for years. Nearly every garment eventually winds up burned for fuel or tossed in a dump.
www.wbur.org
January 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
#visiblemending is a great way to extend the life of your clothing. Check out this story #WBUR posted on textile waste.
“The [EPA] says in 2018 Americans threw away more than 11 million tons of textiles, nearly twice as much by weight as they did in 2000.”
Link: www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
“The [EPA] says in 2018 Americans threw away more than 11 million tons of textiles, nearly twice as much by weight as they did in 2000.”
Link: www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
I have a #Sashiko workshop scheduled at Marigold Studios in #GrotonMA on Feb 13!
Register here: www.marigoldroots.com/store/p/an-i...
Register here: www.marigoldroots.com/store/p/an-i...
January 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I have a #Sashiko workshop scheduled at Marigold Studios in #GrotonMA on Feb 13!
Register here: www.marigoldroots.com/store/p/an-i...
Register here: www.marigoldroots.com/store/p/an-i...
Hi! I’m excited to be joining Bluesky. My name is Mariko and I teach visible mending for clothing.
Please follow me for updates on mending workshops in Eastern Massachusetts!
#creativevisiblemending #visiblemendingworkshopsboston #sashikoworkshops #repairwhatyouwear #menddontend
Please follow me for updates on mending workshops in Eastern Massachusetts!
#creativevisiblemending #visiblemendingworkshopsboston #sashikoworkshops #repairwhatyouwear #menddontend
January 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Hi! I’m excited to be joining Bluesky. My name is Mariko and I teach visible mending for clothing.
Please follow me for updates on mending workshops in Eastern Massachusetts!
#creativevisiblemending #visiblemendingworkshopsboston #sashikoworkshops #repairwhatyouwear #menddontend
Please follow me for updates on mending workshops in Eastern Massachusetts!
#creativevisiblemending #visiblemendingworkshopsboston #sashikoworkshops #repairwhatyouwear #menddontend