Cheap Thrills: Organic Fabric/Batting
Want to stuff your plushies with some organic cotton/wool batting for cheap? Natural America sells organic cotton/wool batting left over from its mattresses and pillows for $5 per pound.
The company also sells fabric scraps—you have a choice between organic cotton and hemp—for $4 per pound. Perfect for quilters or the buy-curious. (For the fabric scraps, call 877-867-5890 for availability and descriptions as the inventory varies.)
Call it stash enhancement or waste reduction—it’s all copacetic.
eireann said,
June 28, 2006 at 8:45 pm
wow! thanks for this link and information! I’ve been wanting to divest myself of the polyfil habit, but I’m too poor for many store-bought wool stuffings. I’ll check this out!
The Worsted Witch » Oh Scrappy Day said,
July 9, 2006 at 11:45 am
[...] I ordered 2 pounds of organic cotton scraps from Natural America ($4 per pound; shipping and handling cost $9), just to see what I would get—you may marvel at my journalistic dedication—and also to try my hand at making some of these lovely Japanese patchwork bags. And if your spouse or partner protests at the deluge that has overtaken the living room, you can grit your teeth in self-righteous indignation and inform said person that you’re saving fabric waste from the landfill, and bark “DON’T YOU CARE ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING?!” [...]