organic cotton retailers?

[Sustainer]

What are some online retailers where you can pick up a few yards of instock organic cotton fabric for under $15/yd? Who has fast shipping?

[~Boudicca~]

I use Nearsea Naturals for organic flannel. They have lots of other types of fabric as well...and the usually run around $9+, and offer discounts when you buy more.

www.nearseanaturals.com

[knittingmomma]

http://www.pmorganics.com

Warm wishes,
Tonya

[Sustainer]

Thanks!

Any others?

[Kari_mom]

Two more:

http://www.organiccottonplus.com/Fabrics.html
http://www.punkinbutt.com/all_natural_fabrics_hemp.asp

What are you going to make, or what exactly are you looking for? Different suppliers carry knits versus wovens versus upholstery weight, for example.

[Sustainer]

Right now I'm looking for oc fleece, but I'd like to have a list of retailers to refer to when I need other organic fabrics. Thanks!

[scrapadoozer]

kari_mom- I just had to thank you for posting that organiccottonplus link. I'm in heaven!

[Kari_mom]

Alice, lots of diaper WAHMs sell OC fleece on their sites, so you might want to go through that list of organic diapers that you keep and check for fabric too. Otherwise for the best prices you can look at yahoo co-ops, the diaper-sewing co-ops have OC fleece all the time.

If you were looking for wovens to make napkins or something, I would suggest sticking to the big three names in organic fabrics: PM Organics, Nearsea Naturals, and OrganicCottonPlus. But lots of the smaller companies who sell organic fabric products seem to sell the fabric too, I am sure the costs they have tied up in fabric inventory is huge and selling the yardage on the side helps with that, I imagine. I haven't ordered a lot of organic fabric online, but I seem to google obsessively and this is what I have observed. I would love to sew everything my family needs myself from organics, what a dream!

scrapadoozer, you are welcome. I love that site too.

[Sustainer]

Originally Posted by Kari_mom

Alice, lots of diaper WAHMs sell OC fleece on their sites, so you might want to go through that list of organic diapers that you keep and check for fabric too.

That's exactly the kind of site I'm looking for! I'll go through the list one by one, but if you know any off the top of your head that have organic fabric yardage, maybe you can give me a short list

Originally Posted by Kari_mom

Otherwise for the best prices you can look at yahoo co-ops, the diaper-sewing co-ops have OC fleece all the time.

I'm getting some co-op fabric, but in the mean time I'm just looking for a few yards that can ship right away.

Thank you so much for all the help!

[Kari_mom]

That's exactly the kind of site I'm looking for! I'll go through the list one by one, but if you know any off the top of your head that have organic fabric yardage, maybe you can give me a short list

Darn it, there is one that is right there in my brain, but I can't think of it or I would have mentioned it. I did check around a bit, but I can't find it.

I am losing it, I swear.

[Kari_mom]

Alice, as the queen of organic cotton diapers, do you have favorites among the different OC fleece used in all those diapers? Like, for instance, I really really liked the old OC that Fireflys were made with, the new fleece is softer but bags out more when wet. And the Bottombumpers fleece seems to be a looser knit as well.

Just wondering. I wish it was easier to try before you buy, especially on co-ops.

[Sustainer]

Originally Posted by Kari_mom

Darn it, there is one that is right there in my brain, but I can't think of it or I would have mentioned it. I did check around a bit, but I can't find it.

I am losing it, I swear.

Don't worry about it! If you think of it, post it!

Originally Posted by Kari_mom

Alice, as the queen of organic cotton diapers, do you have favorites among the different OC fleece used in all those diapers? Like, for instance, I really really liked the old OC that Fireflys were made with, the new fleece is softer but bags out more when wet. And the Bottombumpers fleece seems to be a looser knit as well.

Just wondering.

I like the Elbee ocf for its durability. I like the Precious Coverings ocf for its softness. I like the colorgrown ocf that a couple WAHMs have.

Originally Posted by Kari_mom

I wish it was easier to try before you buy, especially on co-ops.

Exactly! A couple of co-ops have such great prices that I'm tempted to place a large order, but I can't make that commitment without seeing the particular fabric first. I can't afford to end up with a bunch of fabric that doesn't meet my standards. On the other hand, if I only get a few yards, and it turns out to be exactly what I want, who knows when the next co-op is going to be!

[Kari_mom]

Originally Posted by Sustainer

Exactly! A couple of co-ops have such great prices that I'm tempted to place a large order, but I can't make that commitment without seeing the particular fabric first.

I know! What I did for my first order is I figured out what wahm was using an OC that I liked then I looked for her on the co-ops. I felt like a stalker, but with a good cause. But I still didn't really get what I wanted. I mean, it's fine, I'm using it, but it isn't perfect. Probably because most of the wahms seem to have OC supply issues themselves.

[Sustainer]

Yeah, I should probably just email the WAHMs who make my favorite diapers and ask them where they get their fabric.