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HI I'M RADHA
I’m a textile artist, sustainability educator and small business strategist based in San Francisco. But don't worry, I balance all that serious stuff with a fair bit of silliness, and I share my work without judgement.
My unique expertise and passion for sustainability was fueled by a 15-year career in the apparel industry where I travelled the world, visited denim factories in China and Bangladesh, and unfortunately had a front seat to the rise of fast fashion. I used to create new jeans but now at Sewing through Fog I help keep those same jeans out of a landfill through classes and patterns to help you Quilt Your Jeans.
![I was planning to make a matching clutch out of the extra sari fabric from my dress, because it felt very retro to have a matching bag and dress. But it felt a bit… easy?
Is it really even a valid project if you aren’t using a material you have never worked with (that you actually don’t have enough of), making a shape you have never made? 😂🤣😅
For reals though, I have this thing when I choose a project/material combo: I find it more intriguing if I don’t have enough of said material. Enter these interior design samples (they seem to be treated leather), and a bag idea and voila - we have an unreasonably complicated new project ☺️.
Can you picture it? It’s going to be a bit funky but it’s going to be cool. [The green foot is my @berninausa Teflon foot]](https://instagram.fsdv2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.82787-15/765520230_18057861302785896_8583982005281433661_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=101&_nc_map=urlgen_bucketless&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0FST1VTRUxfSVRFTS5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=LXw8OXewofcQ7kNvwEtW71H&_nc_oc=Adps6jPYccUjvnzTlSNNDmrLFQQLp6ciFVu9sfLKsm4G1IS9ShhdjZJ_FvBA-JPtV34&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=instagram.fsdv2-1.fna&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=yAEyLMnxWG_wkDPXdTnzeg&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQKDefdel3OxF91tkk8fqAa8TINjyKXrPLlPHNp9uSAcSC5v-t3n_LhaHKl0roHXcJl7CsDvv0H8&oh=00_AQLrWw6Pt_nghgdjDoIoBBtr_1tzBVk3BX7IPdXIm0x1Cw&oe=6AB170F9)
![And this is why I needed DTM silk bias binding.
[Dyed To Match]
This dress has a deceptively simple shape that gathers up into a bracelet. Getting that perfect gather to be stable, with a slight curve and channel for the bracelet, and getting a clean finish on the edge without topstitching, required some imaginative engineering.
I had to do it twice, the first time was a mess. But I figured it out! And yes I could have just bought the pattern and followed the directions but then I wouldn’t have felt the satisfaction of screwing something up, thinking I was in over my head, and then remembering I’m kind of a genius 😂.](https://instagram.fsdv2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.82787-15/756699701_18057532148785896_2172568544452398100_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=111&_nc_map=urlgen_bucketless&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0FST1VTRUxfSVRFTS5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=gagKvlzx5jQQ7kNvwFPVHj7&_nc_oc=AdoNdEe_RDu0iwqwswnvadmcbG-FAga_drjCDYgyde4iwRPExlvwg-RFXqZ5U-u6xh0&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=instagram.fsdv2-1.fna&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=yAEyLMnxWG_wkDPXdTnzeg&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQJ_LyLMonM34rCnN0wRNXEtWilAnNifalOPTKkO854SNRj3CERfKl__JMnpgcX3ibw-QL2RZJX_&oh=00_AQJ4wQ5olUddf4PXod-e3k8sgy9Mmp6y7aY3hOYqOMMtZA&oe=6AB1943C)
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