Good Monday to you! I’m happy to introduce the 19th Canadian Online Fabric Store in this series to you today! Monica from Earth Indigo will be joining us for an interview, a little bit about her shop and a giveaway & discount for you!
Earth Indigo is not the “typical” quilting cotton online shop I usually interview. I’m excited that they carry handloom and hand printed fabrics from all over the world, batiks, organic cotton and hemp based fabrics, jersey and tencel knits and chambray. When I talked to Monica she mentioned that she loves minimalist draped clothing, so she stocks linens and knits too!
“The idea of Earth Indigo was conceived in October 2015 and my etsy store started in January this year, with the online store starting a month later. I was a full time stay at home mom taking care of my twins for 18 months and I started craving something else to focus on in my life. I love fabric, even more than sewing itself. I also started to get into weaving. I can’t help but want to give other weavers in the world a channel to get their crafts out to crafters in this part of the world.” ~ Monica, Earth Indigo
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Thread Riding Hood: What was your main goal when starting Earth Indigo?
Monica: I love ethnic fabric and would like to introduce beautifully handcrafted fabric that reflects cultural beauty to the craft community in North America. Also I believe crafters are kind-hearted – that we can contribute to make this world better by using ethical and environmental friendly fabric.
Thread Riding Hood: What is your favorite type of sewing project?
Monica: I like making clothing as well as some other useful gift items, eg. nursing cover, eye pillow, cushion, pouch etc.
Thread Riding Hood: What is something coming up in the near future that you are especially excited about?
Monica: I have some beautiful fair trade handwoven fabric from Guatemala that were woven on backstrap looms coming up soon. I’m also exploring handprinted fabric from China and India that hopefully will see them at the store in the summer.
Thread Riding Hood: Thanks Monica!
Hooray! Earth Indigo is offering a discount at their shop until July 31, 2016!
Use the code TRHCHEERS15 to get 15% off your order.
I’m so excited, Earth Indigo is giving away this gorgeous hand printed batik fabric – one roll each to two lucky winners! It is a fair trade vintage styled batik printed by North Thailand Hmong Hill Tribe artisans on cotton fabric. So pretty! Each winner will get one roll of fabric 12″ wide by 5 1/2 yards. Think of all of the amazing things you could make with that much goodness!
This giveaway is open to everyone world-wide, from today (June 20th) until midnight June 27, 2016 (PST). Use the Rafflecopter widget below to enter – and if you don’t have Facebook to sign in with, just use your name and email address. There’s a “click to enter”, no social media login entry too!
Thanks for reading Thread Riding Hood. Don’t miss a post – come #alongforthreadride!
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Disclosure and Privacy Policy: Earth Indigo contacted me earlier this year and I like what they are selling! They provided fabric, a giveaway and are a blog sponsor as part of our collaboration for this interview series. I won’t promote a shop that I do not love, and my opinions will always be my own. Thanks for reading!
oh man, the striped bamboo cotton jerseys look lovely!
I love the Cantik Batik Designer Batik – Purple It’s Awesome Dragonflies Gradations
Designer Batik – 7 Pcs Fat Quarter bundle of Mixed Blue is one of my favorites…blue is my favorite color.
I am loving this one : DESIGNER BATIK – BLUE IT’S AWESOME DRAGONFLIES GRADATIONS
I love the pretty batiks in the shop! This is one of my favorites:
DESIGNER BATIK – AQUA BLUE INSPIRATIONS DAISIES
Thanks for introducing this wonderful store Sherri! What unique fabric! I love the Hmong hill tribe batiks, especially the blue style B. Thanks for this awesome giveaway!
I love the hemp jersey stripes– so pretty!
Stunning fabrics!! I especially love the DHAKA – FLOWER DIAMOND R/W NEPALESE HANDLOOM.
So many gorgeous fabrics t Earth Indigo! My favorite fabric is Designer Batik – Multi Coloured It’s Awesome Large Bubbles Gradations…love colors and bubbles!
I really love the Nepal COTTON – GREY PURPLE TURQUOISE STRIPE NEPALESE HANDLOOM
https://earthindigo.com/collections/fabric/products/cotton-himal-stripe-grey-purple
The Batik bundles but I love batiks. The Bamboo knits are wonderful too.
I really love the dragonflies : Cantik Batik
Designer Batik – Purple It’s Awesome Dragonflies Gradations!
Just beautiful!
I love all the batik embroidered rolls – so beautiful!
I want to put my hands on the BAMBOO COTTON SPANDEX FEATHER JERSEY – HOT CORAL
I love the DESIGNER BATIK – FLAVOUR GRADATIONS GREEN BLUE TEAL SODA
I’m a sucker for batiks. The Cantik Batik Designer Batik – Purple It’s Awesome Dragonflies Gradations is awesome.
The indigo print batik is to die for! And the ribbons? *swoon*
Cantik Batik DESIGNER BATIK – PURPLE RACHEL’S GARDEN CHERRY BLOSSOMS is my favorite.
Oh my that batik is to die for. Its so darn cool. Thanks for the chance of owning it!!
Earth Indigo has the neatest fabrics, hard to pick one, but I love all the batiks. The fabrics from Thailand catches my eye also.
Oh, I could find about a million uses for that Organic Cotton Linen Chambray (both colors). Its so pretty!
Favorite? I can’t pick a favorite…….love the spandex (only because my granddaughter was looking at making something from it) but really just loved every page I looked at!
I love the Blue Black Shooting Starts BB Nature’s Moment. Beautiful! Thanks!
Wow, such beautiful fabrics. If I have to choose just one it would be
Batik Embroidered Roll – Blue Hmong Hill Tribe Handprinted Style
I love to support makers in other countries!
I loved the Butanese stripes – both colourways – they are terrific!
I also love the Cantik Batik Blue Black Shooting Stars – so lovely and fun. Those striped jerseys also look fantastic though! Thanks for this post, as I’ve had a great time exploring this new-to-me shop.
I love the colorful woven fabrics from Nepal. Some very unique fabrics on this website. I love unique fabrics.
I like the Nepalese handloom in grey, purple and turquoise stripe.
Fat Quarter bundle of Mixed Blue Designer Batik Fabric is my fave…
My favorite fabric is DHAKA – CROSS HATCH OVAL NEPALESE HANDLOOM.
I really like some of the Hmong embroidered fabrics, but if I were to buy something it would probably be one of the knits or the tencel.
I love the Cantik batiks, especially the Graduated dragonfly fabric 🙂
Kay Lemieux
Batiks, so may beautiful ones, my favourite blues, but Flavour Graduations, Blue Soda would be my choice, perfect to sew either lengthways or side on, with graduations for every project.
love this one! https://earthindigo.com/collections/cotton/products/dhaka-flower-diamond-b-w
Tara 🙂
http://www.sweetsparrowdesign.etsy.com
I love the Cantik Batik Designer Batiks. I couldn’t choose just one. They are all so lovely and the colours are so vibrant!
I love the natural linen and the ice blue stripe hemp!
I love Cantik Batik. It is perfect for summer!
Wow, the batiks are beautiful, as are the wovens, and the bamboo…I guess I just love fabric!
whoa–gorgeous unique fabrics!!–I love the Thailand Batik Embroidered Roll – Blue Hmong Hill Tribe Handprinted Styles AND Cantik Batik Designer Batik – Flavour Gradations Green Blue Teal Soda–what a designers dream
THAILAND
BATIK EMBROIDERED METRE – BLUE HMONG HILL TRIBE HANDPRINTED
$8.50 CAD
I LOVE this. The colors are gorgeous!
So many – but I’ll have to pick the batiks with dragonflies!!!
I love Indigo Hmong, it is lovely.