Welcome to Up-Cycled Cloth Collective – Your Destination for Sustainable Textile Upcycling
At Up-Cycled Cloth Collective, we are dedicated to transforming how the world approaches fashion and textiles. Our mission is simple yet impactful: to reduce textile waste and promote sustainable living by upcycling unwanted fabrics into beautiful, functional, and unique creations. Since 2017, we have grown into a global community of over 250,000 members passionate about creativity, craftsmanship, and environmental stewardship.
Join a Community Committed to Reducing Textile Waste and Altered Refashion
By reimagining and refashioning discarded materials, we not only give textiles a second life but also combat the harmful effects of fast fashion on our planet. Our members — from experienced artisans to beginners — share a belief that every piece of fabric has potential. Whether you are repurposing old garments, creating handmade accessories, or exploring Altered Refashion projects, our community is dedicated to making a positive impact, one stitch at a time.
Learn, Share, and Get Inspired by Sustainable Fashion and Upcycling
Explore One More Time Around, our digital magazine filled with inspiring stories, creative upcycling projects, and expert advice on sustainable textile techniques. Each issue is a rich resource for discovering how everyday materials can be transformed into something extraordinary. From using natural fibers to mastering traditional stitching, you’ll find ideas and tutorials to fuel your upcycling journey.
Connect and Collaborate in Our Textile Upcycling Community
Up-Cycled Cloth Collective offers a supportive platform where you can connect with like-minded creators, share ideas, and learn new skills. Our educational resources include online courses and step-by-step tutorials covering everything from basic sewing and Altered Refashion techniques to advanced textile art. We welcome teachers, makers, and sustainable fashion experts to contribute and help grow this vibrant hub of learning and creativity.
Join the Movement Towards Sustainable Fashion
Whether you’re starting your upcycling adventure or you’re an experienced textile artist, the Up-Cycled Cloth Collective is here to support you. Together, we can reduce textile waste, embrace Altered Refashion, and build a more sustainable future.
Explore our website to learn more about how you can get involved, subscribe to our magazine, or join our thriving community dedicated to textile upcycling and eco-friendly living.
Start your upcycling journey today with Up-Cycled Cloth Collective and be part of the movement to make fashion sustainable, one fabric at a time.
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Magazine
Australian Magazine August 2026
The Up-Cycled Cloth Collective, celebrating Australian textile upcyclers. The issue captures contemporary sustainable crafting through personal stories, showcasing how artists turn discarded fabrics—such as vintage sheets, blankets, and tablecloths—into custom clothing, accessories, and art
Learning Library
Are you interested in learning more about the ins and outs of up-cycling clothing?
Our learning library and tutorials will help you learn all you need to know.
Collaborate with us
Do you teach textile up-cycling?
Can you create tutorials to help others learn to up-cycle textiles?
Our online course is built on collaboration and co-creation so if you’ve got ideas please get in touch. We would love to hear from you.
Testimonials
"Melanie, you’ve shown me about perseverance, both small scale and huge. You’ve cheerfully shown the value of the creative process of reuse and sticking with it through set backs. I am so much better now at making what I have into what I want."
"It was so lovely to see my design in your magazine. It was such a confidence booster for myself."
I have come on here not with a photo of anything I have upcycled but with a MONSTER huge thankyou to Melanie and the admin team for the Ebook "I am a storteller". It is concise, complete, inspiring and has given me the names of a whole load of artists i can follow rather than "papscrolling" when I want to distract myself. In fact it will no longer be distraction, it will be inspiration! It has also given me a framework to start from for my own book, for which i couldnt be more grateful. You peeps are awesome wonderful! Thankyou.
The Up-Cycled Cloth Collective community on Facebook is inspiring people to believe in themselves and their own ability to make a real difference in the world, one inspired stitch at a time.
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You can save money in so many ways when you up-cycle textiles AND you get to do a good thing for the planet! Your old clothes last longer so you are under less pressure to buy new ones. You learn to re-style and re-engineer what you have so your garments become tailored to your specific tastes and needs.
What is textile up-cycling?
"Up-cycling, also known as creative reuse, is the process of transforming by-products, waste materials, useless, or unwanted products into new materials or products of better quality and environmental value."
-Wikipedia