Sewn Apart
Material Goods/Craft/Flea/Art
About
Hello! Sewn Apart is an environmentally and socially conscious fashion forward accessory company. Our flagship product is a bowtie. We also make pussy bows, earrings, pennant flags, party flags, and more. All items are made from pre-loved clothes and other discarded fabric as a statement about how much we waste as a society. We seek vintage and unique fabrics for all designs and are always expanding our line.
Currently, we have partnerships with two non-profits - we are employing women from Answered Prayers Project in the sewing of our products and conducting a textile composting trial at The Sustainable Living Project with our fabric scraps.
Programs and Partners
Location
Tampa, FL
Manager
Ericka Leigh
Ericka Leigh is an entrepreneur and sustainability advocate. In 2016, she founded Sewn Apart, a social enterprise making bowties out of old clothes as a statement about how much we waste as a society, as well as connecting our agricultural system to the fashion industry. Ericka is active in the Tampa Bay food community working on various projects with different actors regarding hunger and waste management. She has a passion for making our community and the planet a better place and waste minimization. Ericka earned her Masters from the Patel College of Global Sustainability at the University of South Florida. She completed her thesis in Lima, Peru while working with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations managing a project linking food security and school gardens. Ericka is a Tampa native with New York roots and is also working on a series of paintings.
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