Our first ever Limited Edition Zero Waste Collection

At Love and Squalor, we always strive to have the least amount of wastage in our production. However, over time we have acquired a lot of scrap fabric in ginghams, linen and cotton a plenty! So we decided to create a mini zero waste collection including make-up bags, scrunchies, and patchwork Phoebe dresses.

We have stored all of our scrap fabric in our studio and it was taking over! Pictured is just a fraction of what we had to play with.

To minimise our wastage and to utilise our scraps, we have made scrunchies and make-up bags in the past. We asked on Instagram if you wanted us to bring the make-up bags back, and it was an overriding yes! Our scrunchies and make-up bags would be the perfect stocking filler for a loved one at Christmas time. Is it too early to be mentioning the C-word? The pieces are all made from fabrics from our collections and are handmade in our studio. We’ve already sold out of our navy gingham and blue striped make-up bags, so we would love to hear what other colours you would like to see from us.

However, we wanted to take our zero waste production further this time and create our bestselling Phoebe Dress in a patchwork! Firstly, we decided on a colour palette of blue and white, and then delved into our scrap collection. We decided on two variations of blue stripe, two variations of navy gingham, and white linen.

The fabrics that were used for this limited edition Phoebe dress were offcuts from our black gingham Phoebe dresses, the white linen Dinah dress, our blue striped Enid Dress, our blue striped Carine dress and our navy gingham Matilda Tops and Tamara Trousers.

After deciding on the fabrics we wanted to use, we placed out the patchwork and how we wanted each scrap of fabric to sit. Due to the nature of this launch, each size will be unique and have a slightly different placement of the patchwork. This will also be a limited edition collection of Phoebe dresses so get them quick!!

This is our first ever patchwork collection and we’re so happy with how it has turned out! Let us know if you like this, and if we should do it again in other colours and patterns! This has only scratched the surface of our scrap fabric so we would love to continue this venture into utilising every piece of Love and Squalor and create unique, scrap busting garments for you all.