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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&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0FST1VTRUxfSVRFTS5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=UoCoBphNq_wQ7kNvwHS3Hiz&_nc_oc=AdqkL0sSPigYiSGbBoksBersw8mYD3bamchrl1MgorxSPfxZXj-Z_wgzGU03gWckZqs&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=instagram.fsdv2-1.fna&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=Fwg8nIndIj54LGlqXWPGuA&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQL-ZqnzvDvl0TkgG5-Q7JnVvcC8B9CCOC83ZR2IpCAkX8aTTQm4R1jWV49Bn_6gTPlsHLms-PiJ&oh=00_AQLZbYWSjM96FwOHyJkleN2GqGTIislUhhMIQe7Skk7Rtg&oe=6AA83679)
![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.ftlv23-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.82787-15/756699701_18057532148785896_2172568544452398100_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=111&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0FST1VTRUxfSVRFTS5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=Z_QbTjgcVTUQ7kNvwFYPgFx&_nc_oc=AdpEevf6M4sxsikmuhePuPIrQRVbJoXDhFeFvGnY9QDKPL9aZeC2oJg6oVrRhj2XCMk&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=instagram.ftlv23-1.fna&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=Fwg8nIndIj54LGlqXWPGuA&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQKUQEKJH1AeO_gWvx0xO7LIkIqz8qyZeDQAEiGUuCMRuYOJgfs1yEtdrfuKMwo_POOS5ACkDN3N&oh=00_AQJS4O1RhWF4TjcIKCUMTJzTgOhz2P65JJhL0MnDc-yKUg&oe=6AA859BC)
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