FABCYCLE
401-268 Keefer St V6A 1X5 Vancouver, BC, Canada

You know what they say, pets and their owners often look alike. Well, why not dress alike too?! We love a good matching set, and so will your fur baby!The FAB Team has curated a drop to keep you and your pets dry this winter, with geotech nylons, water repellant textiles, and bias tape for all your outerwear needs! Make sure you're subscribed to our newsletter to see the pawfect pieces dropping Saturday morning!

Yesterday’s was another SUCCESS! So many funky fabrics with unique prints and patterns were revealed! Make your wardrobe stand out by creating some unique statement pieces this year! Tune in to our newsletter this week to get first dibs on some of these quirky fabrics which will drop on our website soon! If you missed our Facebook live, you’re in LUCK!The livestream is available to watch on the FABCYCLE Facebook and will be uploaded to our YouTube soon!

It’s almost Green Friday! In preparation, today we dropped our first in a series of 3 blog posts about #GreenFriday the #sustainable response to #BlackFriday, and how our #makercommunity is a part of this movement. Did you know that: "2019 saw 93.2 million online shoppers worldwide"? Go check out the full article to learn more!... https://www.fabcycle.shop//unpacking-green-friday-the-anti

Lights camera couch! Grab the pizza, popcorn, and snacks for a girls night in with your favourite rom coms! Our latest Drop has all the comfiest, coziest, snuggliest fabrics for the ultimate sleepover with friends! Browse them all now!

Happy Friday and TGIF! Kickstart your holiday environmentally-chic by wrapping your bottles Furoshiki style! It’s simple, easy, and makes an impact to the world. AND it can be the start to your next crafty ideas!

How are you planning on wrapping your gifts this Holiday season? Looking for a creative, sustainable way to impress your family and friends? Why not try Furoshiki: the art of Japanese fabric wrapping?! We just launched FABCYCLE’s Furoshiki Wrapping Fabrics! Handpicked from our Re-Use centre, we’re excited to see what our community of talented makers comes up with!... Check out this guide of how to use our Furoshiki Wrapping Fabrics! https://www.fabcycle.shop//mystery-furoshiki-square-woven- #furoshiki #Japanese #fabric #gift #wrapping #giftwrapping #presents #holidays #sustainable

It’s Diwali, The Festival of Light!! The FABTeam is celebrating the symbolic Diwali victory of good over evil with our themed Drop featuring a bounty of colourful and patterned fabrics! They won't last long so snatch them up now! .... . . . . #fabric #fabricisnotwaste #diy #diysew #sewistofinstagram #silk #polkadots #lycra #cottonstretch #polkadot #teal #ecofriendlyfabric #sustainablefabrics #elastic #foldoverelastic #gold #newarrivalfabric #onlinefabricstore #silkfabric See more

Happy Monday! To kickstart the week, here are some snazzy inspirations you can make with #scrap pieces of fabric With a little bit of thinking and creativity, we can prove that any #fabricisnotwaste. What are your guys’ projects you’ve been working on? Leave them in the comments below!

After a BIG textile emergency at the beginning of September, FABCYCLE was able to rescue over 100 000 zippers! With a plethora of colours, lengths, and styles; this week's zipper drop can be the cherry on top to finish up your projects! Don't forget! If you sign up to our newsletter, you can get 15% off discount with the code "WELCOME2FAB"

I spy with my little eyes.. ZIPPERS! We got a bunch for this week's drop so keep your eyes peeled for that Saturday Newsletter!

5, 6, 7, Boo! Here’s our attempt at a quirky intro to our Re-Use Centre space in Chinatown Vancouver! Hope everyone has a great weekend and as always... Happy Making! #fabricisn

FABCYCLE's mission is to foster the circular economy of deadstock textiles in Vancouver, and to ensure that we are preventing as much usable fabrics from ending up in Canada's landfills as possible. So we are thrilled to be celebrating that this week is Waste Reduction Week in Canada! Waste Reduction Week in Canada started in the 1980's by recycling non-profit groups, and aims to recognize the pillars of a #circulareconomy : #textilewaste #ewaste #plasticwaste #foodwaste #sharingeconomy #swap #repair #zerowaste Today's theme is #plasticwaste and #plasticrecycling, so we encourage everyone to educate themselves on this fantastic initiative, and make a pledge to live a little more #green. Happy #Recycling!

Today’s FABCYCLE Community Member shoutout goes to @bellantonidesigns Following their slogan dress well, be kind, @bellantonidesigns’s business ethos focuses on sustainable practices and cruel free designs. Using our SuperFluff in Lunar white, the brand has made many cozy and chic tops and scrunchies We love what you do @bellantonidesigns ... Make sure to keep tagging us in all your projects!

When you thought you couldn’t get more creative... our FABCYCLE family @aylinbenavides @karenfichmann and @jasmine_whelan made a hammock Now I want one for my living room

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month! We want to take a moment from our usual fabric conversation to highlight a really important topic this month, and bring awareness to Know Your Lemons Foundation's #knowyourlemonschallenge! Their simple guide will help you conduct a self exam, and know the signs and symptoms of breast cancer. ... https://www.knowyourlemons.com/symptoms

Elastic galore! We just restocked our elastics and in so many colours! Products linked on the post

Rain, rain, go away! Don't come again another day! The Raincouver Drop features sporty and technical fabric for those who must brave the natural, wet conditions. View the New Arrivals now!

Raincouver has arrived Make sure you stay warm and dry with our newest fabric collection, highlighting waterproof and water repellant rolls and bundles. Browse the Raincouver Drop ASAP! . . .... . . . See more

#communityshoutout Our friends the lovely ladies and entrepreneurs of Adeera are hosting Adeera Launch Party for their debut clothing collection tonight at 7pm!! Get your online tickets below and join us on zoom for their live styling and clothing care video presented with Attire! We're in love with the fact that both Adeera and Attire are local, female led small businesses collaborating on this launch, and that Adeera uses 100% natural fibres like mulberry silk in their clo...thes. We're so into the new pieces and can't wait to see the whole collection live tonight! www.eventbrite.ca/e/adeera-launch-party-tickets-124208493949

We love hearing about sustainability in the fashion industry, but even more when big brands make efforts to implement change! From Stella McCartney's commitment to making her namesake label vegetarian by never using leathers or furs, to Stephanie Gabriel's brand of swimwear Oceanzen Bikini using revolutionary fabrics made of plastic ocean waste, there are so many designers making sustainability a priority! We also have a plethora of knowledge and LOCAL experts over on our Vancouver Sustainable Fashion Designers Page. Check out these designers who are serious about style, and doing right by our environment!

Happy Thanksgiving Day from the FABCYCLE team We are extra thankful to be working in a community that is filled with nothing but love and positive encouragement. Amidst this pandemic, the power of community connections remained as strong as before; bringing laughter to our ReUse Centre everyday. So again, thank you for everyone in our little FABCYCLE team

Sneak Peak Brussel Sprout, Pinot Grigio, Turnip and Ham; these are some of the names of our Bamboo Rayon Terries we are dropping this week! So soft to the touch, our team could not resist