A KIND CLOTH TURNS 4!
We are 4! THANK YOU!
Cannot believe it has been 4 years since we started! We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to all you amazing supporters for keeping us going! We can all appreciate the financial hardships of today's world but your encouragement has been incredible!
A KIND CLOTH was launched in 2021, February 19, to offer dressmaking fabrics that have a low impact to our environment, compared to conventional fabrics: "sustainable fabrics" to the home sewer.
Thank you for visiting our online shop, purchasing, visiting our social media channels, commenting, liking, sharing, and just being immensely kind and supportive, sharing ideas with open minds, with thought for our planet.
Challenges in running A KIND CLOTH:
As a virgin product, can new fabrics been deemed as 'sustainable'? Surely, the most sustainable items are items that are already in existence. Our products are the more sustainable option, over conventional virgin fabrics available on the market, particularly in how the production and end life of the fabrics affect the environment. We have therefore been changing our promotional words to 'more sustainable', 'responsible', and 'mindful' sewing/dressmaking.
Business is tricky. We have to make money, but in encouraging people to choose and live a more sustainable life, we don't want to promote our products too much to encourage people to buy something if they don't need it. It's a fine balance that we are most definitely still working on!
Postage costs continue to be especially challenging. Many people are now used to 'free shipping' offered by big corporations, and in doing so, have forgotten how much it actually costs to have a parcel delivered. We are always looking at our postage costs, making sure they are the best value to our customers. We make no profit from the shipping costs, they go directly towards the cost of delivery services, and cover a very small portion of the packaging costs.
Coming ahead:
We are still fine tuning our fabric selection choices at A KIND CLOTH. We want to offer a balance of solid colour fabrics as well as patterned fabrics. Solid colour fabrics are easier to wear, and to mix-and-match with existing garments but we still want to offer patterned fabrics to offer character and personalised styles. Patterns are more difficult to gauge in whether the pattern is a classic print, and not just a trend over a short period. We will continue to slowly increase our choice of colours across our solid ranges, while bringing in new prints from some wonderful designers.
As a thank you to all our wonderful customers, we are offering you an exclusive offer, of 20% off all fabrics in our shop this week only, to help celebrate our fourth birthday! Just use code "4BDAY" at checkout!
Offer ends 2359hrs Tuesday 25th Feb 2025, minimum £5.00 spend, valid on fabrics only, while stocks last, and cannot be combined with other discounts.
Check out our range of more sustainable fabric options here for some mindful sewing!
Thank you for being with us!
xoxoxo
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Photo: Marine is wearing a self-drafted shirtdress), made using Abstract Brown EcoVero™ Viscose Fabric, with Corozo 2-Hole Champagne 15mm buttons, and sewn using Scanfil Organic Cotton Thread Ecru.