Behind the Scenes

With lots of big companies jumping on the eco-bandwagon, the word ‘sustainability’ isn’t what it used to be. It’s been slapped onto all sorts of products that are far from eco-friendly, and the cacophony of greenwashing has made it hard to put much faith in the term anymore. Even the Good Fabric team, who are […]

Recently, we were invited onto The Sewing Social podcast to discuss ex-designer deadstock fabrics and share our thoughts. Around the same time, The Pattern Pages sewing magazine asked us to contribute to an article on the same topic, and a client visited our Wimbledon studio seeking our perspective for a blog piece on Sewing Chronicle.

Shopping for fabric online is undeniably convenient, but it can also be a little tricky. Even if you’re a seasoned sewist, knowing the exact shade and texture of the fabrics you’re browsing is almost impossible. This isn’t a task that’s helped by names, either. What one store describes as ‘Unicorn shimmers with a sunshine twist’,