Wear Out Climate Change: Make a Boxy Tee (part 1)

What is Slow Fashion? What does it mean when fabric is ethical or sustainable? Learn how to source environmentally-friendly materials and use them to draft a simple boxy shirt pattern to your measurements. You will learn how to cut out patterns to fit and use basic sewing techniques to construct a shirt. A sewing machine is recommended but not necessary.

For this tutorial, you will need:
- measuring tape
- paper, approximately 30" x 30" (old wrapping paper, brown paper, newsprint taped together are good options)
- pen or pencil
- 2 yards of fabric (2-way stretch, like a knit jersey works best)
- fabric marking tool (colored pencils work great)
- scissors
- pins
- sewing machine or hand-sewing needle
- thread

Optional:
- serger
- 24-36” ruler

Vivienne also recommends:
- Metric Pattern Cutting for Women's Wear, and Metric Pattern Cutting for Men's Wear by Winifred Aldrich
- Sewing Basics for Every Body by Wendy Ward
- Pattern Magic Books by Tomoko Nakamichi
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Originally from Chicago, Vivien is an avid quilter, bicyclist, and lover of breakfast. In her art practice, she centers materiality, community, and environment. Vivien received an MFA in Fibers and Material Studies from the Tyler School of Art in 2020, and a BFA in Fibers from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2014. Vivien has taught workshops at the Fabric Workshop and Museum, Vox Populi Gallery, Icebox Project Space, Tyler School of Art, and Baltimore County Community College, among others. Learn more about her practice at www.vivienwise.com.
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This video is part of Radical Fit, a Chicago Public Library program series dedicated to teen fashion-making with a special focus on gender identity and equity. Radical Fit is funded through Project Next Generation, an educational technology initiative of the Illinois Secretary of State and State Librarian, Jesse White. For more info Radical Fit, visit https://www.chipublib.org/radical-fit....

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