I was expecting a link to download the patterns but instead there is a map to the pattern sheets, which is useless if you cannot download the patterns. Die gewählte Schrift ist nur schwer zu entziffern und das macht das Lesen enorm anstrengend, weswegen ich dem Buch nur 4 Sterne gegeben habe. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. With respect to dyeing, cabbage is not an ideal dye plant as it creates temporary but beautiful colors. You can tell Grow, Cook, Dye and Wear has been created by a prize winning fashion designer because the presentation throughout is incredibly impressive and truly testament to Bella Gonshorovitz’s creative skills. Five crops; blackberry, cabbage, nettle, onion and rhubarb play leading roles in this book by Bella Gonshorovitz, as they carry the reader through each step or process: grow, cook, dye, wear. If you are interested in slow fashion, growing your own food, vegan recipes and producing less waste this is the book for you.Once you’ve perfected the process of dying your own fabrics, you can then transform those fabrics into exclusively designed pieces of clothing, including a shirt dress and a duster coat, using Bella’s five full-size pattern sheets that come together with the book!

It’s the best, most natural embodiment of a circular economy, something that’s often perceived as an academic and lofty concept. Perfect for: Crafty, sustainability-minded readers who enjoy making things with their own hands, and anyone who wants to understand more about the processes behind the items we consume on a daily basis. Though working with upcycled fabric is efficient, because natural dyes work great in obscuring stains. BG: Demystifying and personalizing circularity is one of the key objectives of this book, and for that, there is no better place to start than the soil.It is about establishing a more intimate connection with nature and finding a new perspective on mass-produced products.

Rhubarb is a zero waste plant – dye with the roots and eat the stalks; the leaves are poisonous but powerful mordants to prepare fabric for dyeing. Swap food waste and fast fashion for homegrown produce, delicious vegan dishes, and a contemporary capsule wardrobe with the help of Bella’s friendly, accessible approach to sustainable living. To make the book as accessible as possible, Bella focuses on five crops that can either be foraged or easily grown in allotments, gardens, or pots; blackberry, nettle, onion, red cabbage, and rhubarb. In that context, this book attempts something radical – clothes emerging from the processes of this book say more about the past rather than the fantasy of the future.It’s a brilliant insight into a clearly talented designer’s though processes, where you can really get a feel of her various aspirations and though processes that combine to make her creativity. However, it is challenging to live that way or even do the whole process of the book in just one season. Thinking what I can do with it – led me to ideas of founding a club where members can purchase items and also get an experiential dinner. The aim here isn’t for readers to grow all of their vegetables, hand make all clothes, or even convert to a strict vegan diet.