Think about this. Your next sustainable fashion collection, or eco-friendly interior project, launched with beautiful zero waste, zero carbon fabric. Sounds good right? Then consider this. With GRS certified recycled yarn these handwoven fabrics are certified fair trade in rural Bangladesh. Is it now sounding too good to be true? Throw in that MOQs are flexible and prices competitive and you may simply say, like Vizzini, ‘Inconceivable!’ To which, in true Princess Bride fashion, I’d have to reply, ‘I do not think that word means what you think it means.’
Forgive the cult film reference, but it’s true! Not only is accessible, sustainable fabric production happening now, it has been for generations. Just the recycled yarns made from local garment industry waste is a more recent addition.
Since 1989 at Motif we love collaborating with conscious designers looking to explore the handmade. Our well established relationships with trusted professional craft makers bring your ideas to life. Ethical textiles, custom leather goods, fair trade baskets, small-batch accessories, and many more traditional crafts are still practiced today.
NEXT STEPS
We’ve a superb range of people & planet friendly textiles available, handmade with both natural fibres and recycled materials. They’re great for slow fashion collections and environmentally conscious projects. However, soon you’ll be curious to explore designing your own!
Does designing custom handwoven fabric sound a little like the wild side of crazy? Maybe! Especially if right now you don’t know your warp from your weft, or shuttle from your shaft! But I’m here to tell you it’s really very simple. In fact no one even knows when or where weaving began – it’s just always ‘been’ – so it can’t be that hard!
In fact I’ve put together this FREE 5 STEPS to Design & Produce Your Sustainable Handwoven Fabric so you can see how straightforward designing your own fabric can be. Just click here. After subscribing to our eco-friendly fabric lovers’ email list you’ll get brief weekly notes on all that’s new in sustainable textiles and at Motif – including a new training opportunity! Keep reading.
INSIDE INFO
This 5 Steps guide to weaving custom fabric is threaded through with fun facts and contact info if you’ve any questions.
STEP 1 – The basics – just a few key words to know so we’re all on the same page.
STEP 2 – Gathering inspo for colours and stripes.
STEP 3 – How colour changes everything!
STEP 4 – Handweaver’s skills making it happen.
STEP 5 – Let’s get you started – simple weave software to play with and explore.
All the while I’m just a text or call away with decades of experience and many personal connections with the phenomenal artisans of Bangladesh.
Scroll down to sign up! Just below this blog, subscribe to the beautiful handmade wonders of Bangladesh. Every week or so there’s a glimpse into this amazing nation’s artisanal world. And if designing your own handwoven fabric sounds a bit daunting … Watch This Space! Why? Because this month we’ve launched a pilot training to equip designers with the skills, understanding and confidence to source fabrics that excite their wearers, esteem their makers and ensure together we stop trashing our planet! Contact me for more info on that.