Archive for the ‘Fabrics’ Category
A Blank Canvas Book Awaiting Your Creativity
Published on October 10th, 2009
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The Ready To Go Blank Canvas Book is a great craft project that can be used to create memories, gifts and more.
My problem is that I have a blank canvas in front of me and I can’t decide what to do with it.
Fab Fabrics: Banana Cloth
We’re on a funky fibers kick around here, it seems! From pineapple yarn to spider silk, we’ve been exploring some unusual natural fabric options. I sent my post about pineapple fabric to a friend a couple of weeks ago, and she pointed me to yet another interesting natural fabric: banana fibers.
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Eco-Friendly Reusable Gift Bags by Gift Bags Gone Green
Published on September 30th, 2009
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According to Gift Bags Gone Green every year Americans spend more than $5 billion dollars on gift wrap, bags, and tissue paper of which the majority ends up in landfills.
To offer a unique and green approach to the gift wrap industry Gift Bags Gone Green have created fun and funky fabric gift bags that are washable and reusable. The bags are not only green because they are reusable but they are made from upcycled, reused, and vintage fabrics. Read the rest of this entry »
Fab Fabrics: Spider Silk
[Female Golden Orb Spider. Creative Commons photo via quintanaroo]
It is in the name of Fab Fabrics and Halloween that I’m trying to put my fear of spiders on the back burner so I can tell you about the spookiest natural fiber I’ve ever heard of: spider silk.
Fab Fabrics: …Pineapple?
Kelly pointed me to these awesome wedding dresses made from pineapple cloth, and my interest was piqued!
It turns out that pineapple fabric, or Piña cloth, is a traditional fiber from the Phillipines dating back from the 1800’s! So here’s the skinny on Piña.
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Fab Fabrics at Modern Organic
Melanie O’Brien loves fabric, and I’m already loving her new Etsy shop: Modern Organic Fabrics. Let’s take a peek inside!
Fab Fabrics: Repeat’s Hand Printed Textiles
I’m pretty much in love with these hand-printed fabrics from Canadian crafty duo Repeat!
Roisin Fagan lives in London and her partner Arounna Khounnoraj is from Toronto. The pair met when they were neighbors at a craft show in Toronto almost three years ago, and they hit it off immediately. After running into each other at several other Toronto shows over the years, where folks kept asking them if they sold their fabrics, they decided to do just that and to do it together!
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Fab Fabrics: Betz White’s Family Cottage Collection
Betz White, author of Sewing Green, launched her premiere fabric line this summer: the Family Cottage collection!
Fab Fabrics: Greenyarn’s Bamboo Ecofabric
We talked last year about the pros and cons of bamboo. Like hemp, growing bamboo is easier on the environment than conventional fibers such as cotton. Bamboo is technically a weed, which means it grows fast and requires no pesticides and very little water.
One downside to bamboo comes during the production process. Since the plant itself isn’t fibrous, it’s mashed down into sort of a chemical slurry and then pressed into fabric. The process is similar to making rayon. It’s toxic for workers, and it strips the bamboo of its beneficial antimicrobial properties.
There’s also the trouble that comes with anything that gets popular. Despite its speedy growth, there is still a threat of overharvesting bamboo. According to the U.N., around 600 varieties of bamboo are extinct or threatened.
Wait…that doesn’t sound fab at all! Well, Greenyarn, a new Boston-based company, has a new approach to producing bamboo fabric that’s worth a look!
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