Whenever I get a call from someone looking for fabric, one of the first things they ask is "How much?"...how much do I have to order, how much time until I can get the fabric, how much money to buy the fabric... Lately, the hardest "how much" to answer is the one about money.
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Tags: Cotton, Fabric, Fibers, importing, Material, sourcing, Textiles
1 commentRecycled ground coffee used to make an odor control, fast drying, environmentally friendly, absorbent fabric. Brilliant!
Tags: coffee, Fabric, innovation, Material, Sustainable, Textiles
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Tags: Design, Fabric, Material, networking, new vendors, social media, technology, Textiles
1 commentHi Folks. I was introduced to this amazing video recently and couldn't wait to pass it along. Water soluble fabrics are used to create garments. What a fantastic experiment of chemistry and fashion.
The point? To get us thinking about the materials we use and what happens to them when we've decided we're done.
Take a look, ...Read More >>
Tags: color, Design, Fabric, Fashion, innovation, Material, Sustainable, technology, Textiles
Leave A CommentYes, that Starbucks. No, they haven't stopped making coffee. What they have started doing, though, is furnishing their interiors with a revolutionary new textile made from natural and renewable materials.
Through upcycling (creating waste materials into new products), Starbucks coffee sacks are combined with wool to create a completely unique sustainable fabric called "WoJo". The company ...Read More >>
Tags: Design, Fabric, Fibers, Furniture, innovation, Interiors, Material, Sustainable, technology, Textiles, Upholstery, wool
Leave A CommentYou may remember that back in April, I wrote a little piece on the use of a polymer that is made using castor beans. At the time of writing, the round bodied and lustrous yarns were mainly being used in undergarments. One curious reader commented on the post asking why it was only really ...Read More >>
Tags: Fabric, Fibers, innovation, Material, Sustainable, technology, Textiles, Woven
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