In the Fabulous Fabric series you have already been tipped off that Hart’s Fabrics carries recycled felt as does Felt-o-rama. It is also widely available at Joanns, Hobby Lobby, and Walmart.
Three Sneaky Bugs shows us how to turn an empty frame into a Felt Story Board. Repurpose a frame you already have or find one at a thrift store.
Make Felt Flower Hairpins with Bugs and Fishes by Lupin. These would also be great brooches to adorn your purse, jacket, or to give as a gift.
Now if only you could take 10 plastic bottles into the fabric store and swap them for a pound of felt!
“Fabrics made from Eco-fi fiber are chemi-
cally and functionally nearly identical to
those made from non-recycled fabrics. The
difference is that Eco-fi fiber is made with-
out depleting the Earth’s natural resources.”
Unfortunately, the extent of the eco-friendliness here is limited to the recycling of plastic bottles into new material. It is still better than buying regular polyester felt.
Man, you’re getting off easy, Jackie. When I posted an ode to this same stuff a couple of months ago in “Wool Comes from Sheep, and I’m Cheap,” one of my commentors called me a Very. Bad. Word.
I’m of the opinion that recycled acrylic felt is way better even than 100% wool felt, unless you’re sure that wool felt did not come from factory farmed sheep.
But it’s still plastic right? I personally just don’t like working with acrylic too see through and it fuzzes so easily. I get my 100% wool felt from american felt and craft and they are very picky about the people they buy from and it it’s eco friendly to boot!
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The felt I just got at JoAnn Fabrics was made with recycled plastic - not sure if it’s the same brand or not!
The recycled felt at Joann’s is Eco-fi Felt. They carry it by the yard and in smaller craft sizes.
just what I was looking for! i will have check it out. is the dye eco-friendly too?? i hope
Fabulous tip! Thanks.
“Fabrics made from Eco-fi fiber are chemi-
cally and functionally nearly identical to
those made from non-recycled fabrics. The
difference is that Eco-fi fiber is made with-
out depleting the Earth’s natural resources.”
Unfortunately, the extent of the eco-friendliness here is limited to the recycling of plastic bottles into new material. It is still better than buying regular polyester felt.
To learn more about Eco-fi Fiber, here is the brochure:
http://www.kuninfelt.com/dfiles/ecofi_SS.pdf
Man, you’re getting off easy, Jackie. When I posted an ode to this same stuff a couple of months ago in “Wool Comes from Sheep, and I’m Cheap,” one of my commentors called me a Very. Bad. Word.
I’m of the opinion that recycled acrylic felt is way better even than 100% wool felt, unless you’re sure that wool felt did not come from factory farmed sheep.
See why I got called a bad word?
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But it’s still plastic right? I personally just don’t like working with acrylic too see through and it fuzzes so easily. I get my 100% wool felt from american felt and craft and they are very picky about the people they buy from and it it’s eco friendly to boot!
[...] Recycled? Many folks swear by wool felt rather than the synthetic sort. Using recycled versus new felt can help reduce your crafty footprint in a few different [...]