Fiberactive Organics makes it possible to sew and create anything you want from organic cotton. Several years ago owner/artist, Julie Mullin became frustrated with the lack of organic sewing products on the market and decided to manufacture her own. Now “Our most popular line of products are our organic cotton sewing materials. We make and sell the world’s first organic cotton thread, embroidery floss, hand-dyed organic ribbon and beautiful organic braided tape.” Coupled with a stock of organic cotton fabrics Fiberactive is the only place in the south east where eco crafters and sewers can find what they need.
Fiberactive is also a working studio where things for the home and family are made from organic cotton fabrics and post-industrial scrap fabric. “We have a variety of wonderful product lines including table linens and other housewares, wedding products and even green burial products.” You’ll find a collection of fabric vessels with prices starting at $6 for small bowls to $265 for massive fiber jars. “Fabrics are donated to us from individuals, interior designers and even large companies. Anyone with fabric scraps that doesn’t want them to go into the land fill. We make beauty out of waste.”
Fiberactive Organics provides sewing services to other green companies around the country. “Our line of Moses Basket accessories for Momma’s Baby is really beautiful.” Mullin says. The company’s contracts range from cat toys for Organikat, to hand painted silk blouses from Ebb & Flow. The more work that the company brings in, the more people they can put to work.
All of the studio workers at Fiberactive Organics are refugee women that have settled in Raleigh, NC. They are Montagnard women who grew up in the jungles of Vietnam never having had electricity or running water. They speak a language that is specific to their village of Plei Grak. At Fiberactive they receive ESL classes, basic living and health instruction, medical assistance and a host of other services as they need them. They are fascinating people and enjoy visiting with customers and giving tours. Julie says, “We are a small community of travelers, making our own little world of difference.”
Fiberactive Organics has been at its present location, across from the NC State arboretum for nearly four years. Prior to 2008 Fiberactive was a home business at Mullin's small farm just outside of Apex. But when the economy slumped people began taking their dollars more seriously and wanted each purchase to mean something. Demand for organic products soared and Fiberactive needed to expand. With triple the space in their new location they were able to add new machinery and services. The studio is lit with sky lights and looks out onto the arboretum and NC States dairy farm. "It's a little bit of country in the city."
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4224 Beryl Rd, Ste A |
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www.fiberactiveorganics.com |
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