It’s time for the Summer Stash Reset!
List 5+ items on Destasher and be entered to win beautiful prizes.
There’s something about this time of year.
The sun is shining, holidays are on the horizon, and autumn sewing and knitting projects are probably the last thing on our minds.
Until suddenly... they aren't.
One day we're enjoying long warm evenings, and the next we're reaching for cosy fabrics, beautiful yarns and exciting new patterns. But before the autumn making begins, there's one thing many of us could benefit from: a little more space.
That's why we're launching the Destasher Summer Stash Reset.
What is the Summer Stash Reset?
The Summer Stash Reset is a near-end-of-summer invitation to pause, take stock of your creative space and prepare for a new season of making. Rather than seeing destashing as simply "getting rid of things", we see it as giving your creative journey its next chapter.
That two metres of fabric bought for a project that never happened.
The yarn left over from your favourite jumper.
The pattern you've long realised you'll never make.
The buttons, trims and notions quietly waiting in a drawer.
They're no longer serving you, but they could become someone else's favourite find. By passing them on, you're making room for fresh inspiration while helping valuable materials stay in circulation.
A stash reset isn’t about owning less. It’s about making room for the projects we’re genuinely excited about.
The prizes
We've teamed up with some brilliant independent businesses who share our love of creativity, community and thoughtful making. Thank you all of them for joining us in this Summer Stash Reset!
Here are the prizes on offer:
STASH HUB is a fantastic app that helps makers catalogue fabric, store patterns, plan projects, track notions, and keep every sewing idea close to hand, founded by husband-wife duo Doug and Yvette.
UP FOR GRABS: One year’s membership to Stash Hub Plus. Any maker who enters the Summer Stash Reset can also try Stash Hub Plus for free for one month.
NESSA HUBBARD is the founder of Knitting Confidence®, helping knitters overcome challenges and rediscover the joy of knitting through one-to-one coaching and her online community. Nessa encourages knitters to make the most of the yarn they already own, finish forgotten projects and learn from one another, one stitch at a time.
UP FOR GRABS: a £140 gift voucher, worth 3 hours of coaching with Nessa. But the winner can spend it on anything in her Payhip shop.
BRIGHTON STITCH is a small maker-led business based in Brighton. From her studio, Lindsay creates bags and accessories using repurposed textiles, reclaimed fabrics and carefully sourced natural fibres. Her aim is to make practical, beautifully made pieces that encourage people to value craftsmanship and thoughtful reuse.
UP FOR GRABS: Two beautiful linen reversible tote bags, for everyday use, shopping, and creative projects!
STITCHING KITCHEN is based in Brackley, Northamptonshire, initially set up in owner Hannah’s kitchen but now in a studio split into a full shop downstairs and a spacious, light-filled sewing studio upstairs. The studio is filled with all manner of fabrics, threads, machines and notions to help Hannah and her guests have fun with fibre and thread.
UP FOR GRABS: A £50 voucher valid for in person workshops or any online products including fabric, yarn and patterns. It could even be used as a discount toward a sewing machine.
TINY SARAH MAKES (Sarah Etrog) is a Brighton-based, French-trained pastry chef turned whimsical ceramic artist, known for her colourful, nature-inspired, and cat-themed pottery.
UP FOR GRABS: Some beautiful pottery and a stitch unpicker holder!
LOGII is an independent Sheffield-based crochet design brand creating modern crochet patterns and thoughtfully made accessories that encourage creativity as a form of self-care.
UP FOR GRABS: Beautiful stitch markers and a £15 voucher toward anything on the logii website.
WILD POPPY is a new online shop that specialises in beautiful, secondhand fabrics long enough for dressmaking.
UP FOR GRABS: A £25 voucher on anything from Wild Poppy on Destasher.
Ready to join in?
The Summer Stash Reset runs from 24 July to 31 August.
So pop the kettle on, open the fabric cupboard or yarn basket, and see what treasures are waiting for their next maker.
Let's make a little space for autumn creativity!
