GET THE LOOK | Faux-fur pillarbox hat!

If there's one thing trendsetters aren't going without this chilly season, it's the faux fur hat!

From classic and glamorous styles to traditional Russian Cossack, not only are they awesome (and very warm!) they are really easy to make. Take a look at this step by step guide we found http://bit.ly/UxpMuJ

Faux fur was first introduced in the late 1920's to offer people a fun and animal friendly alternative to the real thing. Why not check out our very own range of faux furs and have a go at customising your very own unique furry accessory!

http://www.offsetwarehouse.com/fabrics/category/34/fur-faux-by-product

Imogen just loves this barbie pink colour... Now, to make a hat with it or not? Hmmm.. 

For more fabrics, visit:

www.offsetwarehouse.com/fabrics

OFFSET COLLECTIVE EVENT

Looking for fresh ideas and more ways to manufacture your designs? Offset are hosting another free collective event in London THIS THURSDAY!

This free event is exclusively for all you designers to get honest opinions from your fashion pee

rs and answers to all those nightmares: from fabric sourcing problems, cheap marketing ideas and precious contacts, it's the perfect opportunity to meet and talk with other designers about the issues you face.

Come and join the discussion at Hamilton House in Vauxhall, London.

RSVP: Essential! To Imogen: info(@)offsetwarehouse.com
DATE: Thursday 25th October 2012
TIME: 6.30pm-9pm
VENUE: The Riverside, Hamilton House, 5 St George’s Wharf, SW8 2LE

For all enquiries please email info(@)offsetwarehouse.com and we’ll be happy to help!

WANTED: UNWANTED TEXTILES | Fabrics piling up in your cupboards? About to throw them away?

STOP!

Send them to Offset Warehouse and we’ll find them a wonderful new home!

Every year 1.5 million tons of clothes and textiles go to landfill in Britain. This means 9500 garments are thrown into landfill every five minutes. That is the equivalent of every one in four garments sold.

While every other type of landfill waste is reducing, textiles has risen. Jackie King, executive director of the Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles Association says; “Consumers don’t realize 95 percent of all clothing and textiles is recyclable… As long as items are clean and dry, even those that are stained or torn, they can be processed by textile recyclers extending the end-of-life of the material.”

Don’t let your old textiles contribute to global warming. Send us your old fabrics and we’ll help them find new homes!

Send them to:

The Offset Warehouse Team
Offset Warehouse
1 Walpole Gardens
Strawberry Hill
Middlesex, TW2 5SL

If you have any questions, please call us on +44 (0)7572 720 111 or email: info@offsetwarehouse.com

FREE SCRAP T-SHIRTS

Help save these promotional t-shirts from the garbage!

These red t-shirts were used for a promotional night in Bristol. The promoters just didn't know what to do with all the leftovers, so rather 

than chucking them, we said we'd help give them away for free!

We've packaged them into bags of three for you to do whatever you want with them: chop, sew, turn inside out, applique over, you name it! Just have some fun!

Get your creative juices flowing and save these poor t-shirts here: http://bit.ly/VadHwx

www.offsetwarehouse.com

NEW OFFSET SEMINARS |

Our industry experts are on hand to provide you with the core knowledge and skills you need to design, source and manufacture in a socially and environmentally safe way.

SEMINAR ONE:
KEY SKILLS FOR INFORMED DESIGN
Lea

rn the tools required to design in a more efficient, environmentally safe and socially responsible way.
FRIDAY 2ND NOVEMBER: http://bit.ly/T051kJ
THURSDAY 22ND NOVEMBER: http://bit.ly/REJmmB

SEMINAR TWO:
SOURCING AND MANUFACTURING PRODUCTS GLOBALLY
Aimed to equip ethical fashion designers with the knowledge and contacts required to source and manufacture products abroad.
FRIDAY 9TH NOVEMBER: http://bit.ly/P9lRD5
THURSDAY 29TH NOVEMBER: http://bit.ly/TbaxaI


For more information, more events and to book visit:http://bit.ly/WmgNwX

OFFSET COLLECTIVE EVENT | Free event for ethical designers next Thursday!

From fibre sourcing problems to customs & duties solutions, great marketing ideas and precious PR & sales contacts, the Offset Warehouse Collective event is the perf

ect opportunity to meet and talk with other ethical designers.

This free event is exclusively for ethical designers to get honest opinions from your ethical fashion peers and answers to all those sourcing nightmares. Come and join the discussion at Hamilton House in Vaxuhall, London about the issues you face desigining ethically.

Date: Thursday 25th October 2012
Time: 6.30pm-9pm
Venue: The Riverside, Hamilton House, 5 St George’s Wharf, SW8 2LE

For all enquiries please email info@offsetwarehouse.com and we’ll be happy to help!

www.offsetwarehouse.com

WOOL WEEK | Offset Warehouse joins in on the fun with our Wool Week Special!

www.offsetwarehouse.com/wool

British Wool Week Starts Today!

Wool week, running from the 15th - 20th October, is a campaign to support local farmers and small business whose livelihood depends on the wool industry.  Since its launch, the price that farmers now get for their wool has increased.  But the wool war is far from won yet.

 British Wool week

Wool is so eco friendly it's boarding on bonkers: it's natural, biodegradable, renewable and sustainable. It's brilliantly versatile and can be used for textile manufactures, carpeting, interiors and fashion and design.

http://www.offsetwarehouse.com/fabrics/fabric/997/fair-trade-wool-black

To celebrate wool week, we've decided to slash our most popular wool prices - take a look for yourself: www.offsetwarehouse.com/wool. We want as many designers on board, supporting British wool.

http://www.offsetwarehouse.com/fabrics/fabric/996/fair-trade-wool-blue-twill

http://www.offsetwarehouse.com/fabrics/fabric/180/wool-light-grey-cream-houndstooth

http://www.offsetwarehouse.com/fabrics/fabric/995/fair-trade-wool-grey-twill

Wouldn't these gorgeous Herringbones make a lovely, thick winter coat?  How about some authentic cushions for your sofa?

http://www.offsetwarehouse.com/fabrics/fabric/172/wool-mouse-brown-off-white

For more info on wool week check out www.campaignforwool.org and to make the most of our Wool Week Special, visitwww.offsetwarehouse.com/wool