Sustainability, Sewing, & Me // Answering Your Questions

How do I make my sewing more sustainable? I make my life a little more sustainable by sewing my own clothes. I just make too much of them. (Edit: I just wanted to pop in an hour or so after this went up to say I didn't mean to imply those asking nicely about sustainability were being haters! You guys are great, and it is an important question! I just was anticipating mean comments on /this/ video because I said I don't like table cloths 😅 I asked for questions and those were great ones! I had meant for the rest of the Q&A to go up before this whole video just addressing the elephant in the room that is sustainability, but for literally the rest of the sewing Q&A footage I had lipstick on my front teeth and have to refilm it sooo...this one ended up coming out first!) If I were trying to live in the most sustainable way possible, I wouldn't sew at all, or make anything, or buy anything, or mail anything, or drive, or use the internet. Instead, either I create, use my hands, or I go a bit mad. Instead I am selfish, and a little shade villainous perhaps, and I know it. Facets of my life and work don't match the values I'd like to hold. I just don't particularly think there is much unique about that, much rarity in such a contradiction. Humanity has its faults, and I present no exception to such a thunderous rule. Also, I didn't get into a lot of ethics in this video, as I was focusing on giving a glancing overview of textile sustainability, not ethical fashion or the ethics o