Rags To Riches Podcast

In Episode 41 of the Rags to Riches Podcast, Crispina and Marci Lebowitz dig into the importance of preserving cultural heritage by passing on the life stories of the materials we handle in our chains and flows of textile upcycling business production. And they discuss the value in giving new life...and adding new chapters...to gorgeous textiles that are languishing in cabinets the world over. By turning them into wearable art!! Are you ready to feel inspired, energized, and supported? Dive right in! This is the Rags to Riches Textile Upcycling Podcast with Crispina ffrench! Show Notes for Episode 41 with info, pics, and links are available at ragstoriches.eco. Don't forget to download, listen, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts. It helps so much with spreading the word about the global upcycling revolution we are nurturing together!

In Stitcherhood, we nurture a different kind of online social atmosphere – a wholesome vibe where like-minded people gather to lift each other up and help each other grow. It's not about being the best, the first, or the most in this group. Stitcherhood members truly value community over competition – and that's why we are so excited to talk about our recently launched member-taught classes with none other than community manager Sondra Primeaux! If you have seen Sondra around Stitcherhood or have listened to Episode 02 – The Unruffled Creatrix, you know that she is a talented and accomplished maker who has been in business a long time. She has sewn and sold hundreds of the kimono design she'll be teaching in her class – and she wants to share her knowledge so that other makers can do it too! That desire to share knowledge and nurture mutual growth is what really sets Stitcherhood apart. YEAH, we want to share our ideas and skills and inspire each other to try new techniques. YEAH we want to see each other's businesses grow and thrive! We are NOT in competition with one another, we are in community. Are you ready to feel inspired, energized, and supported? Dive right in! This is the Rags to Riches Textile Upcycling Podcast with Crispina ffrench! Show Notes for Episode 40 with info, pics, and links are available at ragstoriches.eco. Don't forget to download, listen, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts. It helps so much with spreading the word about the global upcycling revolution we are nurturing together!

Welcome to Stitcherhood - Crispina ffrench's intentional community for textile upcycling entrepreneurs who share a passion for addressing global textile waste with creative reuse. Stitcherhood is a social network where upcyclers can get together and talk shop. There is a Home feed where members can create and comment on posts, articles and polls, as well as dedicated niches for special interests and premium add-ons.   Members share and get feedback on images and videos, links to shop drops, questions and creative process updates, and interesting textile upcycling related content they find in their cyberspace travels.  And there are diverse opportunities to expand upon the basic membership by taking advantage of add-ons such as member-taught workshops, immersive long-term mastermind courses with Crispina, and guided accountability groups for motivated entrepreneurs. In this episode of the Rags to Riches podcast, Crispina shares the juicy details about what is new in Stitcherhood...and why we want you to get in there with us ASAP!! Are you ready to feel inspired, energized, and supported? Dive right in! This is the Rags to Riches Textile Upcycling Podcast with Crispina ffrench! As always, Show Notes with info, pics, and links are available at ragstoriches.eco. Don't forget to download, listen, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts. It helps so much with spreading the word about the global upcycling revolution we are nurturing together!

Eliu Hernandez is a master of upcycled denim creativity, as the Instagram account for his shop @madeorremade makes clear. As you scroll down his image feed, you quickly notice that not only are the finished pieces true works of art, but the artist has an incredible flair for thinking outside the box of typical denim upcycling. He even harvests thread from jeans to reuse in future projects! There's an instructional video on his YouTube if you'd like to try it at home). And he publicly brainstorms how to use every last bit of his raw materials, right down to his collection of belt loops. Made or Remade is definitely a shop to follow for inspiration, ideas, and tips on creative upcycling.  Get comfy and curl up with Episode 38 of Rags to Riches, where Eliu and Crispina get right into the thick of texile alchemy as a business, and finding the unique beauty in the reclaimed raw materials that they both use in their craft. Are you ready to feel inspired, energized, and supported? Dive right in! This is the Rags to Riches Textile Upcycling Podcast with Crispina ffrench! As always, Show Notes with info, pics, and links are available at ragstoriches.eco. Don't forget to download, listen, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts. It helps so much with spreading the word about the global upcycling revolution we are nurturing together!

Bridget O'Flaherty is a renowned Canadian free-motion embroiderer, quilter and textile artist, teacher, speaker and podcaster. Known as The Sustainable Quilter, she shares her passion for sustainability and invites the quilting and textile art community to bring sustainability into their practice. Bridget loves the tactile nature of anything fibre and expressing a connection to the land. As a quilt artist focusing primarily on free-motion thread painting in her natural landscape designs, she "draws” with her sewing machine, building up layers of thread to create her art that blends quilting, felting and stitching. She uses combinations of local, up-cycled, recycled and organic materials and includes botanical and natural dyes in her original works. In Episode 37 of Rags to Riches, Bridget and Crispina connect about their shared passion for acheiving (and teaching) sustainability within the craft of textile upcycling. Bridget explains her business model and workflow in the following way: "Every decision I make for my business is infused with the pillars of sustainability where I consider the people, benefits and material impacts of those decisions to guide me forward on the journey to have a low-impact business that serves in a meaningful way." Are you ready to feel inspired, energized, and supported? Get comfy and dive right in! This is the Rags to Riches Textile Upcycling Podcast with Crispina ffrench! As always, Show Notes with info, pics, and links are available at ragstoriches.eco. Please download, listen, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts. It helps so much with spreading the word about the global upcycling revolution we are nurturing together!

Designing into a concept creates waste in the name of creativity. Inherently unsustainable, it requires you to add and overdo. In this awesome new episode of Rags to Riches, Erin Beatty of Rentrayage explains how the company is a rejection of this prodigal business model; their way of reimagining and reanimating what has already existed, creating beauty and value, new shape, new form, and new style from what has been discarded. Down to Rentrayage's foundation — theirs is a fresh and conscientious approach to sustainable fashion, home wares and beauty. Are you ready to feel inspired, energized, and supported? Get comfy and dive right in! This is the Rags to Riches Textile Upcycling Podcast with Crispina ffrench! As always, Show Notes with info, pics, and links are available at ragstoriches.eco. Please download, listen, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts. It helps so much with spreading the word about the global upcycling revolution we are nurturing together!

Retold Recycling is a mail-based clothing and textile recycling service that you can use from the comfort of your home...to make your home more comfortable! Customers order bags from retoldrecycling.com and they arrive with pre-paid mailing labels attached.  The next step is to fill them up with unwanted textiles from around the house, seal the bags, and drop them in the post. CEO Amelia Trumble and her team are committed to doing the right thing by your old clothes and linens. Their vow, together with their partners, is to "sift and sort your goods, sending them to thrift stores, donation centers, recyclers, resellers and up-cyclers. We're proud to say nothing will go from your Retold bag to a landfill!" One of their standard hashtags, in fact, is #nolandfill.  Are you ready to feel inspired, energized, and supported? Get comfy and dive right in! This is the Rags to Riches Textile Upcycling Podcast with Crispina ffrench! As always, Show Notes with info, pics, and links are available at ragstoriches.eco. Please download, listen, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts. It helps so much with spreading the word about the global upcycling revolution we are nurturing together!

Yvonne and Mitchel is an upcycled fashion brand that gives old clothes new life. ​ Caylin Yvonne Willis and Jared Mitchel Armstrong created the brand in 2017 after they met in college and bonded over their love for thrifting and personal style. Jared was going to school to get a degree in health sciences but longed to pursue his lifelong dream of becoming a designer, while Caylin was studying journalism and looking to start her own clothing business. ​ Although the couple isn't professionally trained in fashion, they decided to merge their talents and launched an online vintage clothing store through Instagram in 2017. After Jared taught himself how to sew three years later, they started transforming their thrift finds into one-of-a-kind, upcycled garments. Yvonne and Mitchel is owned and operated by Jared and Caylin out of Kansas City, Missouri, USA. The couple handles every aspect of the business themselves: sourcing, designing, sewing, modeling, photography, marketing, etc. 100% of the fabrics that are used to make Yvonne and Mitchel's upcycled garments — and 99% of the shipping materials they're packaged in — are sourced from local thrift shops and recycling centers. Caylin and Jared share some awesome stories and ideas with Crispina in this rad new podcast interview - Episode 34 of Rags to Riches!   Are you ready to feel inspired, energized, and supported? Get comfy and dive right in! This is the Rags to Riches Textile Upcycling Podcast with Crispina ffrench! As always, Show Notes with info, pics, and links are available at ragstoriches.eco.   Please download, listen, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts. It helps so much with spreading the word about the global upcycling revolution we are nurturing together!

  Clare Bare is a sustainable lingerie brand based in New York and Los Angeles. Each piece is handmade using vintage and new sustainable materials by a small team, along with the help of local production houses and suppliers. Owner and designer Clare Herron carefully chooses unique vintage fabrics and upcycles them into limited edition runs and one of a kind creations. Her mission with each piece is to create beautiful, inclusive upcycled work that makes her customers feel good - because that kind of art feels good to make!   Are you ready to feel inspired, energized, and supported? Get comfy and dive right in! This is the Rags to Riches Textile Upcycling Podcast with Crispina ffrench! As always, Show Notes with info, pics, and links are available at ragstoriches.eco.   Please download, listen, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts. It helps so much with spreading the word about the global upcycling revolution we are nurturing together!

Hannah M. Le is the founder of RE.STATEMENT, the online marketplace for upcycled clothing. She provides a space for upcycling designers to sell their products because she believes that the one-of-a-kind clothing that creates conversations, whether for the individual or for the planet, should be the first items sold. Earth favors the bold.   Are you ready to feel inspired, energized, and supported? Get comfy and dive right in! This is the Rags to Riches Textile Upcycling Podcast with Crispina ffrench! As always, Show Notes with info, pics, and links are available at ragstoriches.eco.   Please download, listen, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts. It helps so much with spreading the word about the global upcycling revolution we are nurturing together!

Lottie Bertello has always grown up with fashion in her life. She comes from an artistic family and was always encouraged and supported in her interest in textiles and fashion. As a native of Peru, where textiles are a big part of the cultural heritage, Lottie has always valued textiles, and pursued an education in fashion from high school through college.   She, like so many others in the industry, became disillusioned with fast fashion and its low emphasis on creativity and the value of artisinal labor and of quality raw materials. The only part of fashion she still loved was thrifting!   So naturally, Lottie became interested in upcycling and alternative material and labor issues. She started her fashion label LOTI, which caters mostly to femme fashion and endeavors to bring upcycled clothing into mainstream fashion.   Her three main goals for every garment are for them to be Comfortable, Effortless, and Elegant. In addition, the company is based in Peru and everything is done in Peru, which is important to Lottie in terms of social and labor issues as well as sustainability issues (did you know alpaca fiber is much more sustainable than cashmere!?).    And here she is! Our guest for Episode 31 of the Rags to Riches Podcast! (AND a speaker at our recent Rags to Riches Textile Upcycling Summit!)   Are you ready to feel inspired, energized, and supported? Get comfy and dive right in! This is the Rags to Riches Textile Upcycling Podcast with Crispina ffrench! As always, Show Notes with info, pics, and links are available at ragstoriches.eco.   Please download, listen, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts. It helps so much with spreading the word about the global upcycling revolution we are nurturing together!

WallaSauce is a rad little textile upcycling business located in North Adams, Massachusetts - a small town with a rich history of both creative culture and textile manufacturing. As a Berkshire County shop specializing in 1-1 redesign of "trashed" textiles...their project is literally near as well as dear to our hearts!   Berkshire County has been Crispina's home and business base for decades, so WallaSauce owners and makers Sarah and Kirby are part of Crispina's local community of creative textile upcycling entrepreneurs. As such, they share her passion for connecting with the local flow of resources, for the backstories of the materials they work with, and for local cultural history.   In Episode THIRTY (WOW!!!) of Rags to Riches, Crispina, Sarah, and Kirby discuss their shared dreams for both community-level connection and planetary healing through creative textile upcycling.   Are you ready to feel inspired, energized, and supported? Get comfy and dive right in! This is the Rags to Riches Textile Upcycling Podcast with Crispina ffrench! As always, Show Notes with info, pics, and links are available at ragstoriches.eco.   Please download, listen, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts. It helps so much with spreading the word about the global upcycling revolution we are nurturing together!  

Get ready for an EPIC interview, because Episode 29 of Rags to Riches is all about MadeTV - an up and coming platform where creative business owners can build their brands, connect with one another, teach and learn, grow and thrive!     Crispina will be bringing her own brand to new territory this summer as one of the founding Creatives on the platform. If you have ever thought to yourself, "Crispina needs to be on TV!" Then you're going to LOVE what you hear in this episode.    Are you ready to feel inspired, energized, and supported? Get comfy and dive right in! This is the Rags to Riches Textile Upcycling Podcast with Crispina ffrench! As always, Show Notes with info, pics, and links are available at ragstoriches.eco.   Please download, listen, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts. It helps so much with spreading the word about the global upcycling revolution we are nurturing together!

Meet Lise-Anne and Scoot Cooledge, founders and operators of Outerknown's Project Vermont, Rags to Riches 2023 Summit Presenters, and our guests today for Episode 28 of the Rags to Riches Textile Upcycling Podcast with Crispina ffrench! You can find links, pics, and more info in the Show Notes for this episode at ragstoriches.eco.   Outerknown is an industry leader in textile upcycling and economic circularity, and their Project Vermont chapter is an exciting example of how their vision can be transformed and customized to the unique vision of its creators as well as the unique needs of the local and regional community where it thrives. Lise-Anne and Scott talk with Crispina about their collaboration with Outerknown to divert textiles from landfills while nurturing a mindset of community and economic circularity from the epicenter of their work in rural St. Albans City, VT, USA.   Are you ready to be energized, inspired, and supported? This is the Rags to Riches Textile Upcycling Podcast!

We are so excited to share this fab podcast interview with Polly Leonard - founder of Selvedge Magazine and featured sponsor of the rapidly approaching Rags to Riches Textile Upcycling Summit with Crispina ffrench!   Visit ragstoriches.eco for Show Notes, where we share photos, links, and more to enrich your Rags to Riches Podcast listening experience!   Don't forget to show the gold standard in podcast fandom ... rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! 

Martha Coates Donahoo brings spirit and sparkle to this fantastic conversation with Crispina about the research, the time, the attention to detail, the artistic twist, and the pure HEART that goes into every piece that she creates.  Martha primarily works with pre-industrial costume styles and finds deep inspiration and meaning from repurposing found heirloom textiles that would otherwise have been thrown away. She offers online "verbal recipes" and teaches workshops to help guide others in learning her craft. She is moving away from production sewing and back towards anything that brings joy in the creation. For Martha, slow fashion is what fills her cup.  And we are so here for it!! Are you ready to feel energized, supported, and inspired? This is the Rags to Riches Textile Upcycling Podcast. Visit ragstoriches.com for Show Notes and more episodes!

Welcome to another incredible episode, Rags to Riches podcast listeners! Today Crispina is joined by Lu Mason from York, UK. You can hear the warmth and welcome right in Lu's voice as she talks about her craft - handmade rag rugs with a colorful and creative twist. This chat is a joy to behold! We'll see you over at ragstoriches.eco for the Episode 25 Show Notes - and don't forget to support our reach and our message by leaving us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Are you ready to be inspired, energized, and supported? This is the Rags to Riches Textile Upcycling Podcast with Crispina ffrench.

This week it's all about getting inspired, encouraged, and motivated with Crispina and her friend and guest Jill Schwartz to use the materials around us to spark creativity! Are you ready?

Prioritizing creative freedom is super important to Christopher English, sole proprietor of Chris English Quilts and our guest for today's fresh new episode of the Rags to Riches Podcast. Chris is a huge advocate of spending time doing creative work that he loves - even though his small business is not the work that pays his bills. Dive into Episode 23 as Chris and Crispina discuss the balance - and sometimes chaos of inspiration! - that is creative entrepreneur life. Are you ready?

It's time for the final installment of Crispina's Story! We've put our hostess with the mostest in the guest seat for a 3-part series delving into her long and winding road as a textile upcycling entrepreneur and educator. Crispina's friend Sarah Stewart is here to ask the questions, and Crispina is bringing all the juicy details born from her decades of experience in the industry.  This is Part 3 of a 3-part series of interviews with Crispina and Sarah entitled "How'd You Get Here From There?" Are you ready?

It's time for the next chapter of Crispina's Story! In case you missed last week's episode, we've put our hostess with the mostest in the guest seat for a 3-part series delving into her long and winding road as a textile upcycling entrepreneur and educator. Crispina's friend Sarah Stewart is here to ask the questions, and Crispina is bringing all the juicy details born from her decades of experience in the industry.  This is Part 2 of a 3-part series of interviews with Crispina and Sarah entitled "How'd You Get Here From There?" Are you ready?

We sure do have a treat for you today, because on this week's episode of Rags to Riches Textile Upcycling Podcast with Crispina ffrench, our special guest is... Crispina ffrench!! That's right, we decided that we need to know all about Crispina's journey from rags to riches, from college hustle to large production company and back around to gentle education and nurturing a global upcycling movement. Crispina's friend Sarah Stewart is here to ask the questions, and Crispina is bringing all the juicy details of her decades of experience as a creative entrepreneur in the textile upcycling scene.  This is Part 1 of a 3-part series of interviews with Crispina and Sarah entitled "How'd You Get Here From There?" Are you ready?

"You can't pour from an empty cup!" We're all familiar with the concept, and yet it's such a struggle sometimes for creative entrepreneurs to apply it to ourselves! Especially textile upcyclers, who tend to feel personally responsible for saving the world along with maintaining our businesses and caring for our loved ones. We find ourselves burned out, unfulfilled, and/or overwhelmed while supposedly living the dream. In this refreshingly honest and insightful deep-dive, Crispina and Manny Jackson of Thread Haus tap into the power of getting vulnerable and sharing our human struggles...slowing down and taking time to care for our mental health so that we can sustainably create, operate our businesses, and thrive in a healthy environment while supporting others to do the same.

Inspired by the need to provide for his new family, and by the whimsical magic of children's classics such as Willy Wonka and the Wizard of Oz, Doobie Duke Sims is a fantastic example of a textile upcycling entrepreneur who is making something out of nothing... and living his dreams while he's at it! Dive into Episode 18 to learn how Snow Milk grew from an unexpected experiment into a creative dream worthy of Willy Wonka - and a robust livelihood. Doobie and Crispina discuss the values and strategies that have worked really well for Snow Milk, as well as the "dream big, create your own magic" philosophy that Doobie brings with him everywhere. Are you ready to be inspired, encouraged, and supported? That's what we do here! Let's go!

This week, Crispina delves into the art and business sides of creative textile entrepreneurship with Seren Atilgan of Frust Upcycling. Their conversation touches on slow growth, figuring out what to delegate to others and what brings you the most joy to do yourself, the ins and outs of creating few-of-a-kind and one-of-a-kind products, and how much bookkeeping is really necessary. There's so much to learn and it's all so inspiring! Are you ready?

This week we chat about using textile upcycling, recycling and reuse as tools for community engagement and connection.  Jenn Moore, aka Re-Covergirl, shares her experience organizing Project Upcycle a smashing regional upcycled fashion show and how clothing swaps got her there…. (oh and how YOU can apply to be showcased in the 2023 event)! Are you ready?

Inspired by the enormous volume of clothing donations that were not being resold at her local Op Shop (that is Kiwi for Thrift Shop), this week's guest, Bea Lorimer launched Heke Design to call attention to, and address the issue with creative ingenuity.  She shares her focus on building her business to an international audience and how she traded in touring all over the world in the music industry for her island studio and retail collective.   Are you ready?

Have you noticed the beautiful mushrooming of conscientious designers using textile waste to create new makes?  How about the vintage and thrift fashion bloooom?  You guys, the world is changing and, I dare say, textile upcyclers, recyclers, and re-users are leading the way!  This we week we dive into actionable steps you can take to be counted, voice your concerns and challenges and celebrate your wins and accomplishments.   It is your time to step into the spotlight with your starring role in addressing global textile waste with creative ingenuity... Are you ready?  

Learn about how one woman came to run a global upcycling company by accident. Nicole Snow started "Darn Good Yarn" on accident. What started out as a side hustle in her guest bedroom and two boxes of recycled silk yarn has exploded into a world-wide company working to better the lives of our global community. Since her humble beginning, Darn Good Yarn has grown into a strong and steady powerful business thats creating a positive impact on the world.

Have you ever wondered what happens to all the grandma's fabric stashes?  Are you building your own stash?   If you are like me, you have been asked a 100 times if you want boxes (and boxes) of neatly folded fabric, notions, threads etc someone left behind.   Hard to turn down, but.... No Thank you... Do call my friend Kathryn Swanson.  She has need.     Wait till you meet her and learn about Swanson's Fabrics and the mind-blowing business model she is developing.  You are not going to want to miss this one.  She has magic up her sleeves...

Debra Rapoport, a native New Yorker, has been curating her outfits from handmade elements since she was a girl.  Starring in Advanced Style the film and featured in three Advanced Style books, Debra is a creative force of non-traditional materials and reuse.  Her clothing and accessories are designed to be worn and displayed... and she work IS displayed in many museums. This is what the Museum of Arts and Design in NYC published about her: Debra Rapoport is a visual artist working with nontraditional and repurposed materials to create clothing and accessories that she wears with great panache. Her flamboyant embellishments and hats start with A/B/C: Assembling, Building, and Constructing for the body, incorporating color, texture, and layering. Embracing the idea that frugality is fun, she constantly re-invents and curates her closet without being a conspicuous consumer. Rapaport's work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY), Museum of Arts and Design (New York, NY), LA County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, CA), Museum of Fine Arts (Houston, TX), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, PA), Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum (Athens, Greece) and the Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia) and the Helen Williams Drutt Collection.

The Adventures of Buying and Selling Vintage as told by Meri Avratin of Sideshow Clothing Meri, at Sideshow Clothing in Craryville NY, and on Etsy, has been selling top quality vintage clothing dating from the 1880s to the 1990s since the 1990s.  Plus, she is one of my best friends.   Meri shares about building her business and how she finds success selling in person and online.   Learn how she sources her kick-ass collection curated with a passion for history, the making process, fabric construction, and fashion.   Sideshow is known for high quality curated vintage, upstanding customer relations and ingenuity....  Tune in, Subscribe, Review and pass it on.  The more interaction our show gets the better the algorithm likes it!  

Sticking to core beliefs, even when it means turning down what might seem like exciting offers, is imperative to build your successful upcycling brand.  In this episode, Elle Litiatco, the creative force behind Ellerali shares what makes her tick.  She's vocal, effervescent and rocketing her biz with All Birds' All Good Collective, designing on Fuse TV's Recycle Nation, and continuing to make and show her work at select events and venues. Brought to you by Sideshow Clothing and Stitcherhood.

By integrating ancient indigenous knowledge and cutting edge science, Founder, Tierney Thys and Lesli Robertson, Outreach Director of Around the World in 80 Fabrics are creating alternative fabrics and an alternative lifestyle to the fast fashion trend. My mind is blown ~  Take a listen and share your response on our show notes page at www.ragstorichestextileupcyclingpodcast.com    

Christi Johnson is an accomplished maker, stitcher, teacher and author.  In this episode she shares how seasonal rhythms inspire the mythological imagery she embroiders.  Christ's work is best known for rich symbolism and embellishment breathing freshness into vintage treasures that she enriches with her practice combining upcycling, mythology, spirituality, and craft.  

Kathleen Tesnakis, founder of ekologic, Inc. has been a pioneering force in the Green Fashion Movement since 1996. Driven to change overconsumption and single-use ideology, Kathleen has personally transformed over 16 tons of post-consumer woolen garments into revisioned wearable art. Her company, ekologic, specializes in recycling post-consumer cashmere clothing into products that inspire eco-conscious living and empower self-expression. This remade cashmere is created by re-using locally sourced post-consumer textiles, thus eliminating reliance on virgin materials, chemical processing and excessive transportation. The ekologic studio operates as a circular design system where scrap waste trickles down to become heirloom treasures. All ekologic items are handmade in the Troy, NY studio and sold across the United States at juried art shows, galleries and online at www.ekologic.com. ekologic is ‘apparel revisioned for the benefit of people and planet.

Churchill Fellow, Slow Clothing Philosopher, Textile Scientist, Jane Milburn shares her passion for lightening our textile load on Earth with self-care, creativity and abundance mindset.    We met while she was traveling the globe researching creative textile reuse and the notion that making ones own clothing is nurturing.  Jane comes to our conversation from an educational background in the agricultural elements of textiles mixed with years of creative endeavors addressing excessive consumption and focus on fashion. Learn more and get links at our show notes at www.RagstoRichesTextileUpcyclingPodcast.com  

Alix Joyal founded her memory blanket and kids clothing company based in Brattleboro Vermont after traveling the world, deep diving into the organic food industry and getting her degree from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.   Join us for a candid conversation where she shares her journey and experience building her Joyaltee into a successful business that fits in with all the rest of what Alix does in the world.    

We are diving into all the ins and outs of an amazing online community that is certainly more valuable than the sum of it's parts.  This place is called Stitcherhood.  Stitcherhood Recycling Society is designed for textile upcycling entrepreneurs who crave community of like-minded business people committed to creating truly sustainable businesses by supporting the planet, their community and themselves well, so that they can grow and develop their business to help change the way humans consume textiles.  The mission is to help textile upcycling entrepreneurs find great success, inspiration and comfort in a community of their peers. Dive in, get inspired and join the revolution of textile-centric environmental optimism from the listening comfort of your own world. Show notes coming soon to  www.RagsToRichesTextileUpcyclingPodcast.com    You ready?  I'm ready…  

Meet Sondra Primeaux textile alchemist behind her brand, UnRuffled, board member at Austin Creative Reuse and Community Manager of Stitcherhood THE community for creative textile upcycling entrepreneurs.   In this episode we chat about importance and intrinsic added value achieved by working with materials we already have.  Sondra is a wealth of knowledge and inspiration.  Dive in, get inspired and join the revolution of textile-centric environmental optimism from the listening comfort of your own world. Show notes coming soon to  www.RagsToRichesTextileUpcyclingPodcast.com    You ready?  I'm ready…  

Episode NUMERO UNO! The Story of a Stitch-a-Long details how these collaborative fundraisers work. We are going to cover the story of how the first SAL came about, the behind the scenes workings of a Stitch-a-Long, the infinite circle of wins created by each one, and how YOU can participate.     Dive in, get inspired and join the revolution of textile-centric environmental optimism from the listening comfort of your own world. Show notes at www.RagsToRichesTextileUpcyclingPodcast.com    You ready?  I'm ready…    

This episode is our Rags To Riches Textile Upcycling Podcast ‘trailer'.  Learn what this podcast is all about, how often episodes will be released, what you can expect to find here and a little bit about why I put this podcast together…   Dive in, get inspired and join the revolution of textile-centric environmental optimism from the listening comfort of your  Show notes at www.RagsToRichesTextileUpcyclingPodcast.com    You ready?  I'm ready…