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The Remnant Warehouse Guide To Sourcing Materials & Information for Making Masks

READ THIS INFORMATION BEFORE COMING IN STORE TO PURCHASE MASK MAKING MATERIALS

Please do your research before you arrive.

We ask that you come in knowing exactly what you need as we need to limit the amount of time spent in store. We ask that any accompanying persons (husbands, wives, friends, kids etc) wait outside while you shop. Our staff won't be able to guide you through each step of making a mask and what fabrics you will need, as everything that you need to know about making masks can be found online through this post, as well as many other sewing websites. We will be able to point you in the direction of where to find our cotton fabrics and which elastics are available for purchase, but for all other information you can find it in this post.

Better yet, you can order everything that you need online and either have it delivered or

If you (like many of us) find yourself with excess fabrics and offcuts that you can't see yourself using in the near future, maybe you could use these fabrics as an alternative to wrapping paper.

The Japanese Ministry of the Environment has put together a PDF with diagrams on how to wrap common objects with a square of fabric. If you'd like to make your fabric wrapping extra festive, we have a number of gorgeous Christmas prints online - click here.

Click the image below to download the PDF

We’ve been doing our best to find ways to reduce our impact on the environment, and one of the measures we took some time ago was to remove single use plastic checkout bags.

We encourage all our customers to bring their own bags to the store when they shop- even better to bring one that they’ve made themselves using remnant fabrics (like this gorgeous bag here), to save fabric waste! The time has come, when even the large suppermarket chains have removed single use plastic bags, it should become habit now to always leave home with a bag, or take a larger hand bag or shoulder bag with you to free up your arms on the way home. I know there have been days when I’ve made some ‘accidental’ purchases at work- but the great thing about fabric is that you can just unfold one of the larger pieces and put the others inside and swing it over your shoulder like a sack!

We’d love to see your #memade bags in

Love the Meghan Markle dress from Australian Designer Karen Gee? See our top picks for pattern and fabric choices to create your own inspired dress!

Fashion Revolution is a global movement that runs all year long. Fashion Revolution Week falls on the anniversary of the Rana Plaza factory collapse, which killed 1138 people and injured many more. That is the day Fashion Revolution was born.

Make a more conscious choice when choosing fabrics for your collection. We have put our most eco-friendly choices together and some information to understand why these fabrics differ from other fabric ranges.

We've just received the Wild Nectar by Crystal Manning for Moda range in precuts & meterage. Get the free pattern using these fabrics here!

Download the free quilt pattern to use with Modern Retro fabric range by Makeower 

The Ella's Basics range from Ella Blue has arrived in store and online. This lovely Fireworks pattern is yours free to download!

New to ordering fabric online? New to The Remnant Warehouse? 

Ordering fabric online can be tricky when you can't phyically see and feel the fabric. 

Here are our top 10 tips to help you when ordering fabrics online from our website.