The Art of Fabric

I think I’m addicted to fabric! All of my fabric is vintage, rescued, upcycled, second-hand, procycled, recycled, whatever you want to call it, I don’t buy new fabric for anything other than custom orders. I love finding interesting fabrics to buy and make into really unique pieces.

I literally have over a hundred pounds of fabric (easily!), yet I still want to shop for more! I am afraid I’m going to miss out on really great finds, and so I go to stores to browse through the fabric section and OH! There’s almost always something fantastic. I take it home, wash it, and it sits on my shelf, or in one of my three Rubbermaid containers stuffed FULL of material.

I love the fact that I can create brand new things without the environmental impact of needing to create brand new material. Choosing upcycled fabric means less crude oil, water and pesticides being used and less dye polluting our oceans, not to mention that a lot of the fabric used in G Slings products may have ended up in a nearby landfill had it not been rescued. It also means that everything I’ve ever created is unique- nothing I have put out there is a duplicate of anything else. This goes for zipper pouches, slings, Klean Kanteen kozies, purses, stuffed owls- nothing!

I found this patterned orange and ivory fabric the other day. Just a thick, vintage pillow case in perfect condition (looked like it’d never been used) and snapped it up for $.99. I’m going to pair it with a thick gray that I’ve been using here and there for bibs and pouches, and make a stunning, unique and bold purse (or two).

I love (LOVE!) what I do. A lot of it is the joy of the hunt!