A few months ago, I opened an online fabric store specializing in premium activewear fabrics. Sewists loved it. The site worked great. The orders were rolling in. Things happened so fast that I never even got around to mentioning it here, but most of my online friends knew about it from Instagram and Facebook.
But I was 30+ weeks pregnant and miserable. Huge rolls of fabric were overtaking my kitchen, and bending over my cutting table (not to mention moving those rolls around) was debilitating. So, after just a couple weeks of being open, I threw in the towel. It was a difficult decision to make because I knew I’d found a gaping hole in our industry, but I did what I had to do at the time.
Well, a couple months passed, and Finn made his debut. I have been feeling great and getting back into the swing of things (which for me means trying to take the internet by storm, LOL). AND, I reopened Sew Kinetic!
Yay!
I have a somewhat limited selection at the moment, but I’m looking forward to fall when I plan to stock fleece, softshell, technical sweater knits and other fun stuff. In the meantime, you can get super high-quality Supplex Nylon Lycras (great for leggings and sports tops like the one shown above), waterproof-breathables (think Gore-Tex for rain jackets) and gorgeous, Triplex Heathers (for amazing tees).
And for a limited time, you can enter code bastegather10 to get $10 off your order of $40 or more (before shipping) through the end of the month (ends at 11:59pm PST on July 31, 2015).
Here are a few of the things you guys have been making from our fabrics and sharing around the web.
No, we still aren’t shipping internationally - just in the US. We’d like this to change at some point, but shipping costs are completely prohibitive for now. I apologize to those of you around the world who want to place an order!
I look forward to seeing what you guys make! xoxo
