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July 2022 - recycling totals

Thanks to our donors, volunteers and customers we diverted 2,523 lbs (1,144 kg) of textiles and sewing-related materials from landfill in July 2022. We aim to maximize the amount of fabric we dive...

Hair elastics - your creative ideas!

When we received a donation of hundreds of hair elastics we turned to our followers and newsletter subscribers asking them for their ideas of how they could be used in sewing or craft projects. Th...

Sewing with our hibiscus stretch rayon

Our latest feature fabric is this bright hibiscus stretch rayon. We received this fabric as a donation from a film production which was wrapping. Our Social Fabric was initially set up as a reactio...

Rayon and Viscose - what’s the difference?

You’ve seen our fabrics labelled as rayon or viscose but you’re not sure what the difference is? Which is better for your project? How should you pick? Well read on for our guide of how we label th...

June 2022 - recycling totals

Thanks to our donors, volunteers and customers we diverted 3,752 lbs (1,701 kg) of textiles and sewing-related materials from landfill in June 2022. Our Social Fabric is a non-profit fabric store....

Non-profit? What does it mean?

Our Social Fabric is a non-profit fabric store.  As you might already know - we take fabric that might otherwise end up in landfill, sort it and sell it to the public.  What you might not know is ...

May 2022 - recycling totals

Thanks to our donors, volunteers and customers we diverted 999 lbs (453kg) of textiles and sewing-related materials from landfill in May 2022. We aim to maximize the amount of fabric we divert fro...

Celebration of Quilting

Join us for a celebration of quilting on Thursday June 16. To coincide with Quilt Canada 2022 arriving in Vancouver we are hosting a special quilting event in store and online. Join us from 3pm t...

NEW ARRIVAL: stretch cotton twill

Want to see our new OSF Team favourite fabric? Introducing our newest fabric - a mid-weight stretch cotton twill. This fabric is perfect for pants, jackets and dresses which suit some structure. ...

OSF People - Jacquelyne

As a non-profit, Our Social Fabric is run by a passionate team of volunteers who are supported by a few part time employees. Today we’d like to introduce one of the our volunteer Board members, Jac...