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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://scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com/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=aXv4QHPrAlUQ7kNvwHryMhS&_nc_oc=AdrMVpbbLZPYmp1ubrMz_hC7RqwE6ZA2WXqY_PeviIWn_5YdEtiNORomeaqBjJZrPLI&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=lvDoSJBKVWm5REYrfT4BwQ&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQJ1uYHevqSRTtj7cAv3f0jqrAA76D_i7SwCzDrv74glRqaH0L3M9Rgha-SsJyUydVkVdMRxl7h2&oh=00_AQJsWKO0ImOf5MNPTJVFJUDZRiyawOyU-l9OxbyiHpZ1Hg&oe=6AB60E39)
![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://scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com/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=f13cDxTKqJkQ7kNvwHC8nt4&_nc_oc=Adr2U5tQAxBL9odvqMuc6XzVKUa0lWgvHWsxwfzT2BOquZPYMK0_-PDRQJuwC7dxlnY&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=lvDoSJBKVWm5REYrfT4BwQ&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQLSLWH0vXPbpWG-_m6lafZ-dkAZkdasVXUqQ6RUaRFNKOAOw4Zaif6cHrPVnWyrgSl00Tnq6J4O&oh=00_AQIVlHugcLq5vJ_wicCOIjT_v_gs0lcUKxHHB-tGips48A&oe=6AB6317C)
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