Creative Textile

Reuse Hub

A non-profit focused on textile circularity in Hertfordshire & North London

Join our next

mending workshop

We run hands-on upcycling workshops across Hertfordshire and North London to help our local community revive garments and preserve the craft of mending.

Upcoming workshops:

Sashiko Mending Workshop in Hertford

- 13 August, 6pm

Creative Knitwear Darning in St Albans

- 14 August, 5.30pm

Creative Knitwear Darning in Hertford

- 23 August, 10.30am

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Our mission

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Our mission *

The Fabric Folk is a social enterprise focused on textile reuse.

We give fabric a second chance.
From mending to making, we help Hertfordshire and London communities reuse, repair, and reimagine textiles that would otherwise go to waste.

We work with fashion and interior design industry to reduce waste, sell affordable materials to makers and create social and environmental impact by fostering a creative community and sustainable, circular economy.

We’re not in this for profit. We’re a Community Interest Company, which means any money we make gets reinvested into our mission:

To create value from waste

To mend what’s worn

To let the fabric live on

To create a future where nothing gets wasted.

Make a dent in landfill

How we break the cycle of the ‘take, make, waste’

Firstly, we partner with Our Business Folk, such as textile manufacturers, designers, brands, merchants, charity shops who want to make a difference.

Secondly, we collect their reusable surplus materials, such as fabric samples, deadstock, end-of-the-roll fabric.

Thirdly, we put the materials in circulation within the creative community of The Fabric Folk to reduce, reuse and repair.

Lets turn your waste

into creative breakthroughs

We help businesses reduce their textile waste.

We work with fashion and interior design industry to find more sustainable solutions for their textile waste such as samples, deadstock, seconds, garments and end-of-roll.

What’s in it for you?

Partner with The Fabric Folk to keep good fabric out of landfill and put it back into the hands of people who’ll make something meaningful from it.
- Show your commitment to the circular economy by giving textiles a future beyond the bin
- Boost your brand’s sustainability credentials
- Stay ahead of changing UK regulations (like EPR) by choosing reuse over disposal
Sending waste to landfill costs money. Reuse doesn’t.
Working with The Fabric Folk helps you reduce waste management costs while streamlining how you deal with surplus stock. Together, we’ll help you get more from what you already have—and waste less doing it.
Your unused materials can help power community creativity.
By donating or diverting surplus to The Fabric Folk, you’re supporting a network of local artists, educators, and makers who rely on reclaimed fabric to fuel their work. It’s a simple act with a ripple effect: less waste, more making, and stronger communities.
Show your customers and team what sustainability looks like in action—collaborative, creative, and full of purpose.