As a relative newcomer to the craft of sewing, I just recently started to realize the value of fabric scraps. That's why I was intrigued when I heard of Looptworks, a new apparel company — started by three guys who worked together o...

Gear, Style, Weird The brilliant and sick minds at aussieBum claim to have created what they say are sustainable underoos using fabric derived from the bark of the banana tree. (Technically, the banana tree is a plant, ...

As a relative newcomer to the craft of sewing, I just recently started to realize the value of fabric scraps. That's why I was intrigued when I heard of Looptworks, a new apparel company — started by three guys who worked together o...

JWOWW is working hard on her forthcoming clothing line. She tweeted the other day that she picked up 50 fabrics, but did not specify how much consists of polyester. The ladies' stuff includes "15 shirts, 4 pairs of jeans, 6 dre...

It's been well documented that we love both a slice of Lindstrom and a slice of Scandanavian pop. Earlier this year the two were combined when our favourite downbeat disco DJ teamed up with Christabelle for the album 'Real Life i...

Ready, Set, Go! The Stark Carpet Warehouse Sale is back for four days only at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, with savings up to 75% off on gorgeous rugs, broadloom, remnants, fabric, i

Here's a cool no-sew toolbelt tutorial video from ManMade, which would be a great weekend couples craft project for getting your guy comfortable working with fabric. Read this article | Comment on this article...

Consider this post a half recommendation, because we kinda like this shirt. The colourblocking is executed nicely and it looks like it’ll be great in the heat of summer. But our problem is with the fabric – it’s just too thin. I’m n...

Luscious.I haven't used that word in a while, so I thought I'd trot it out here and give it some room to romp. Generally, I do not drool over champagne paisley -- if indeed that's what this fabric is; my...

It must be that time of year, because I’ve got the urge to sort, purge, reorganize. My shelves of random fabric piles have been bothering me for awhile - they were all in messy stacks with no kind of logic or organization and althou...

Want a fancy design on a table for your kids without the hassle of painting it? A combination of fabric and a clear perspex top provides an effective solution. (more…)...

Your cross-cultural ad of the day comes courtesy of Blancox, the makers of fine laundry detergent in Colombia, where fabric freshness and softness is treasured....

Juan Hinestroza, assistant professor of Fiber Science and Apparel Design, has developed cotton threads that, while remaining flexible and comfortable to wear, can conduct electric...

My fellow Americans, we face a grave challenge. Fashion comeback trends threaten to destabilize the very fabric of spacetime, such that by 2020 the universe will tear itself apart — for technical and comedic reasons I can’t go into...

Hero Iraqi shoe-hurler Muntader al-Zaidi probably had to get his balls electrocuted in prison so hard, and for what? To have his heroic act co-opted for a Colombian fabric softener ...

Add Elizabeth Banks to the list of people who changed clothes for the after-parties. This one seems to fit better:I kept squinting at this to try and discern whether that's flesh-toned fabric, or actual skin showing on the bodice. S...

i share a lot on this blog with the purpose of teaching and inspiring others to find a voice in fabric. i know a lot of folks have enjoyed the free pieced animals. just the other day a recieved an...

Diamond and Ruby Encrusted Desk Chair Diamond and Ruby Encrusted Desk Chair You’re a high powered executive. You can’t be sitting in a chair made of mere leather or (gasp!) fabric like the rest of your plebes. Desk chairs like th...

This is a rendering for larger project to be made in fabric. I’m pretty happy with the composition — it’s an interesting spin on a portrait of a single character as the center of interest with my typical busyness in the background. ...

Photo via WonderMike Cornell University is about to have a fashion show. And at that fashion show will be clothing made of fabric that is simply electrifying. No, really. Juan Hinestroza, assistant professor of Fiber Science and A...