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Fab Fabrics: Naturally Modern

Jackie Hernandez — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:15:21 +0000

There is a newly stocked eco fabric shop on Etsy called Naturally Modern. Specializing in eco friendly, hand printed fabrics, Naturally Modern carries a variety of limited edition and out of print fabrics. The selection includes prints from the original Mod Green Pod collection, from Lara Cameron formerly of Kirin & Co. (now Ink & Spindle), and Tenfold Organics.

Fabulous Fabrics: Umbrella Prints (Australia)

Skye Kilaen — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:34:08 +0000

Via Kim at fabric junkie blog True Up comes the funky designs of Umbrella Prints.

Yes, more Aussies.

At this point, I am pricing a move to Australia because it’s obvious they get all the good fabric and it’s just more efficient if I live closer to it. If you’re reading this and you’re a fabric designer in the U.S. who prints on organic cotton or hemp or something else eco-friendly, would you please let me know about yourself ASAP? I really don’t want to collect enough cardboard boxes to pack even just the baby’s stuff, and you could save me a lot of trouble.

Umbrella Prints Fabric is on organic hemp, which I think means they get the goldest gold star. They sell the FanFlower fabric and the Elephants fabric by the yard, each in three colorways called Starfruit, Sumi black, and Kimono red.

If you want something a little more mixed, they sell patch sets which have a subset of the full 12 fabrics they produced this season. Order four sets to get all of the fabrics in all of the colorways, which is 48 different fabrics.

I would tell you how much it is in U.S .dollars, but since I’m moving to Australia, I need to start thinking in their currency. So it’s $36 for a patch set.

Image from the Umbrella Prints website.

Organic Spa Tote II from Gemline

John Simonetta — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:15:47 +0000

This is a guest post by John Simonetta, owner of ProformaGreen, an eco-friendly promotional items consultancy. John’s blogs are designed to keep us up to date on the “greening” of his industry.

Another example of the speed at which the green promotional products industry is changing is the second generation of the Organic Spa tote from the manufacturer Gemline.

Like many of the wonderful bags from this manufacturer, this tote is made from 100% certified organic cotton fabric and azo-free dyes.

However look at the front of the tote. This material originally was made of bamboo, it is now made from woven jute.

Why? We suspect a few reasons. Jute may be less expensive and it also makes for a more supple bag that is a bit lighter, easier to carry and easier to place embroidery or silk screening on.

The main point I want to make is that the time between Organic Spa Tote I and Organic Spa Tote II was less than 6 months. This normally would not happen with promotional items, but I have seen it in eco-friendly items again and again.