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Fairtrade Fabrics!

Posted in March 4th, 2008

by Fairtradeblogger in Fair Trade, Fairtrade, cotton

If you really want to push the boundaries of Fairtrade, why not make your own!

Our son needs a new duvet cover, and we have been looking for the Fair Trade options. There are plain (boring) white ones , tie-dye batik ones and some more conventional patterned ones. But none are exactly what we are looking for…

So, my wife is keen is to get some Fair Trade fabric of exactly the pattern we want and create the cover ourselves. There are some lovely Fair Trade fabrics available by the metre - examples are here and here.

We shall be visiting one of the outlets that sells them around Easter and we’ll let you know what the fabrics are like and how the ‘home-made’ approach works. It opens up a whole new world of possibilities…

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Georgie said,

in March 5th, 2008 at 8:33 am

Excellent, can’t wait to see the results!

Fairtradeblogger said,

in March 6th, 2008 at 11:51 am

A quick update - I have found another place for beautiful Fairtrade fabrics:

http://www.gossypium.co.uk/hometextiles/fabrics

It’s great to be so spoiled for choice!

Caroline Wood said,

in April 11th, 2008 at 10:41 am

Hello,

Found you through Georgie’s blog, so glad I did! Thanks for this post, it’s just what I was looking for and I’ve put a link in my own in the hope that other crafters will take a look and start using Fair Trade fabric as well. You might also like to know about these buttons I ran across recently too: http://www.debbiecripps.co.uk/acatalog/Injabulo_Buttons.html

I’m not sure if they’re certified but it’s a good start.

Fairtradeblogger said,

in April 14th, 2008 at 5:20 pm

Thanks for tip about the buttons, Caroline!

Let’s hope everyone switches to using Fair Trade fabric.

Let me know how your designs go…

Katie JD said,

in June 25th, 2008 at 5:19 pm

Its great to see how many people are interested in fair trade fabrics. There are a lot of great options out there and its good to know your not limiting yourself by choosing fair trade. If anyone is interested in hand embroidered customized fair trade apparel (t-shirts, tote bags, etc) you should also check out http://www.justapparel.org

Keep up the great work with fair trade!

Jim F said,

in July 9th, 2009 at 4:47 pm

You can also find a good range of colours and designs at http://www.fairtradefabric.co.uk