young fashion designers/ entrepreneurs. They purchase fabrics and trimmings and use those materials to customize mass- produced clothing like tracksuits or sneakers, then sell their creations online. “People are really into custom these days — everything is about customization,” Ewa Powell says. Ewa Powell and Worthy find themselves inspired by hearing their customers’ innovative ideas for repurposing fabrics. As Worthy observes, “If you can see it, you can make it happen!” Ewa Powell says their goal to prevent waste of these high-end, quality fabrics has been realized. “Last year, we diverted 190,000 yards of fabric from the landfill,” she says. “That doesn’t even include the leather, leather remnants and leather scraps.”
process, Worthy notes. “I don’t sell fabric; the fabric speaks for itself. pictures of customers’ rooms or the item they’re looking to have recovered and just kind of show them what could look good.”
picture of the item they want to cover to an upholsterer, who will quote them a price for the work, tell them how many yards of fabric they’ll need and give them an estimate of how long it will take to complete the job.
Modern Fabrics has proven to be a magnet for DIYers, crafters and
This is very much a collaborative
She believes this number to be a conservative estimate.
Ewa Powell emphasizes that the fabrics sold through Modern Fabrics are of the highest quality and are highly curated to make sure the selections offered reflect current design trends. At the same time, customers can purchase the fabrics at Modern Fabrics at 50-75% off their original list price.
I help coordinate…I’ll look at the
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