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Flame-Retardant Fabric Safety

While flame-retardant fabrics are a great innovation, as they prevent fabric from catching alight, there are numerous concerns that the method used to manufacture these...

Alexander Wills

Textiles: The 6 Rs of Sustainability

We can do more to be sustainable in every aspect of our lives. All we need to do is follow the 6 Rs, the important...

Sharon Preston

Make Textiles Matter: Create Sustainable Fabrics from Textile Waste

The British Fashion & Textile Association (UKFT) is the country’s largest network for recycled textiles, bringing together global and British brands, designers, manufacturers and suppliers....

Alexander Wills

New Life For Old Fabrics – Upcycling & Recycling

There are various ways to transform old fabric and waste into something new that people can wear. But the more we recycle and upcycle material,...

Sharon Preston

Silk Fabrics Guide: All About Silk Fabric

Of course, the Chinese have a romantic legend attached to silk production: they believe that weaving silk cloth was invented by the wife of the...

Sharon Preston

Digital Textiles in Fashion & Digital Fabric Design

For centuries, the textile industry has helped designers bring their creative ideas to life. Today, this exciting industry continues to innovate, and textiles have become...

Sharon Preston

Sustainable Textiles: The 6 rs of Sustainability

In textile manufacture and design, sustainability involves producing fabrics in an environmentally friendly way. This means using less water and energy. It also means using fewer...

Alexander Wills

Is Denim Sustainable? Different Sustainable Denim Fabrics

Here is a guideline of how denim impacts the environment, and how you can ensure you use sustainably made denim for your products. Let’s take...

Sharon Preston

Deadstock Fabric is a Sustainable Choice

We provide free 1 or 2.5 kg upcycling bags of plain deadstock fabric offcuts. You can pick these up for free from our factory to save...

Artemis Doupa

Dressmaking fabrics inspiration: The best winter dress fabric

There are several warm fabrics you can consider for making a dress. We give you a list of the best, including some of our fabulous...

Sharon Preston

Textile Waste: Help maake a Difference With our Textiles

  Every very year, each person in the United Kingdom discards 3.1kg of textile waste, with 1.7kg ending in landfills. It’s time to make a difference...

Artemis Doupa