...is now another person's treasure.
In need of a new futon mattress for my frame (I'm sleeping on the current one; I prefer it for my back), I hopped off a bus on my way home and stopped at Dream On | Futons on Osborne. The link takes you to one of 15 pages of available fabric, from which you can order customized covers, cushions, and more.
My new "Delta Beach" futon cover will be available very soon, but it's what Dream On does with excess fabric that caught my attention. "We used to just send it to the landfill," confided store employee Leslie, "but now we have a woman who sews [the remnants] into purses."
I'd been looking for a small zippered bag to carry my external hard drive - especially now in the cold weather, I don't want to drop something so expensive! I tested a few purses and found one just the right size. The price? $2.
Two dollars to keep beautiful fabric from entering a landfill? I'm sold.
You can get your own, one-of-a-kind fabric purse at Dream On, too.
You find such good bargains around, Danielle! By patronizing such things, we are in a way helping our environment, too.
ReplyDeleteI see myself visiting that shop in the near future. I do hope that I'll take home with me a prized possession for $2 or even less. :)