Free Fabric Scraps For Upholstery & More
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Lucky dip of mostly white mixed fabrics (neoprene is black)
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Free mixed bag up to 2kg & other options
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Weights are +/- 10%
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Maximum 1x bag per order
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Free Fabric Scraps For Upholstery & More
from £5.95
VAT included
-
Lucky dip of mostly white mixed fabrics (neoprene is black)
-
Free mixed bag up to 2kg & other options
-
Small postage charge, UK only
-
Weights are +/- 10%
-
Maximum 1x bag per order
-
Quick worldwide delivery
-
Sustainably made in the UK
Explore our
Swatch packs and colour charts available for as little as £0.75 with next day delivery
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Your Bag Of Free Fabric Remnants
Repurposing fabric from other sources can not only make your project look better, but you are helping the environment by reducing waste. This is something we advocate strongly, which is why we are now offering fabric scraps free of charge.
At Contrado, our goal is to reduce waste in every aspect of production. That’s why we recycle as many materials we can, including our fabric cut-offs. We know that in landfills, fabric takes a long time to decompose and emits harmful gases into the atmosphere. So instead of throwing them away, we send them to you, our fellow eco-warriors, who give them a brand-new life. This is part of our commitment to circular fashion, ensuring that nothing goes to waste.
Our low-waste production model is completely unique, and it doesn’t stop at fabric. We print with eco-friendly, water-based inks that don’t produce any VOC, ink or water waste. We source our raw materials from the UK when possible, with most others coming from the EU. We’re committed to an ethical supply chain and sustainable production on every level.
All the bags of upholstery fabric remnants can be delivered to your door (within the UK only) for a small postage charge. We always strive for sustainability, and hope that by offering our creative customers the chance to own a bag of fabric scraps, that we are continuing our mission to decrease fabric waste.
What Do The Bags Of Free Fabric Scraps Contain?
We now offer four different options for your free fabric scraps. The 1kg and 5kg options incur a small uplift charge to cover the extra cost of delivery.
- Up to 2 kg mixed bag (FREE)
- 5 kg mixed bag
- 1 kg cotton/naturals bag
- 1 kg neoprene (black only)
Every bag is filled with fabric offcuts, which will vary in size from small to large, and are packed at random. These offcuts come from the rolls of fabric in our London warehouse. With so many different types of textile, you can never be sure of what your bag will contain - which just adds to the excitement. The mixture of scraps could include silk fabric remnants, fleece, twill, muslin, lace, jersey, scuba, denim, neoprene, lace, Panama, leather and so much more. Our fabrics also range from organic and natural to waterproof, stretch, knitted, and woven. Whatever fabrics are being used at the time will end up in your free bag. Most of the offcuts will have a white or cream base tone, but you could also receive a bundle with some colourful prints thrown in, some text or even a bar code. Our coloured fabrics consist mainly of blue, cream, pink and black fleece, however, this is not exclusively the case. In the cotton scraps/naturals bag, natural fabric remnants tend to be long and thin.
Please note: Each bag of remnants is packed randomly using whatever fabrics are available at the time - you cannot customise your fabric scraps. The bags consist of a lucky dip of mixed content. Bags may be + or - 10% weights.
How To Get Your Free Fabric Scraps UK
Step 1: Add to CartStep 2: Select 1x bag of factory fabric remnants
Step 3: Go to secure checkout to pay the delivery charge (and uplift charge for 1kg and 5kg options)
Step 4: Fill in your details
Step 5: Done
Please note each order is subject to a maximum of
Please note that we can only ship fabric scraps within the UK. If orders are placed for shipping outside of the UK then your payment will be automatically refunded to you, and the remnants will not be sent.
What Can I Do With My Free Bag Of Fabric Remnants?
There are so many possibilities, all it takes is your creativity. Our customers have used their free fabric scraps for a whole range of end uses. Fun and practical DIY projects using these scraps are the perfect way to repurpose textiles as well as creating something that you can use in your
Scraps are the best material to use to make patchwork projects. Design your very own linen fabric scraps patchwork blanket, cushions, cotton fabric scraps scarves, or anything else you want. The mix of textures, weights, constructions and base tones will lead to a beautiful finished result.
The fleece remnants are perfect for making warm winter garments and accessories for the cold months.
You can also use the fabric scraps to learn how to make your own DIY prints at home. Check out our transfer paper, upload your design, and use your fabric remnants to get practising.
Natural fabric scraps options
Linen
Our linen scraps are amazingly absorbent and antibacterial for crafting table runners or coasters in the kitchen. The flax-based material is naturally really breathable, so there’s every opportunity to craft small clothes or use the linen offcuts to make unique patch clothing. Cute tissue holders made of lightweight linen remnants would be a super fun project as well.
Cotton
In our mixed fabric bags, our natural cotton fabric remnants are nicely versatile and can be used to create small tote bags. Our beautifully soft cotton remnants have so many uses; you could hand-sew utterly cute napkins. Alternatively, you could use our cotton offcuts to experiment widely with our other materials to craft patch clothing.
Silk
You can upcycle silk scraps to create an elegant eye mask. It’ll be a nice, creative update to your sleepwear and will surely promise a pretty night of sleep. It’ll only require a little fabric from the smooth silk offcuts, some patterns and elastic to form the mask. Another project could be handmade jewellery, hair scrunchies, or a headband using some of our silk remnants to give your accessories a luxury update.
Thank you for helping us
We have reduced our landfill textile waste by up to 300 kgs a week - and figures are only growing! - since installing the remnant recycling programme three years ago. And all thanks to thousands of amazing customers who have taken us up on this offer.
Lucky dip!
Your remnant bags will occasionally contain a freebie, such as a cone of thread, a reel of binding tape, zips, or other accessories we are unable to use right now - as a lucky dip for you to get your creative hands on.
Share Your Creation
If you do something amazing with a bag of remnants, we'd love to know about it. Feel free to share your ideas and projects on our social media accounts - Show us an amazing idea or make something truly special and there may be a reward for you.
Print guidelines & finishing
Print Guideline
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What's the best resolution to print in?
We print at 200dpi, which is a good combination of quality and file weight. Ideally, your image should be scaled to 100% at 200dpi; this means that no resizing of your file occurs, preventing any interpolation. Our design interface will have a quality marker next to the design that you have uploaded, this will change colour using a traffic light system and display a message. The message will let you know if the resolution is too low or if you have a good quality image.
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How will my image scale?
When you upload your design our system will automatically scale it to fit your chosen fabric dimensions. In the ‘Product Options’ tab, the displayed dimensions under ‘Print Size’ will show the dimensions of the piece of fabric that you are ordering. For image/design dimensions you need to see the ‘Images & Text Tools’ tab. You can see and edit the dimensions of the image under the quality information next to the thumbnail.
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Which colour model should I choose? RGB or CMYK?
We advise providing images in the RGB colour space. Specifically using the sRGB image profile, to achieve best colour results. What does this mean? In your editing software choose RGB as the working space, and assign the image profile as sRGB (full name sRGB IEC61966-2.1)
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Maximum dimensions
For most of our fabrics, there is no limit on the length of the fabric that you can order. We have a preview design window set up to 10m max to visualise the print, but that's not a print limit. If you'd like to order more, increase the quantity (x2 for 20m or x4 for 40m for example) and then you can order as much as you'd like, with a built-in automatic volume discount too. The maximum print width of each fabric can be found on the individual fabric pages or in our design interface.
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Do I need to incorporate white space within my design if I want a border or some cutting space?
Yes, that might help you! Always incorporate any extra space or borders into your purchased fabric size. We trim squarely around fabric samples and fabric prints, leaving approximately 5mm white space. Cutting neatly on the line has an additional fee.
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What is crocking and why might it occur?
Crocking, which is fading along the creases, often after washing or heavy use, occurs when you digitally print on natural fabrics - more so when dark or dense colours are used. It can be minimised by using a cool hand wash instead of machine washing as the tumbling of the machine is the main cause of this. To avoid entirely, we would advise using a poly fabric.
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Why do my colours appear lighter on organic fabrics?
Our organic fabrics do not have any coatings that the non-organic fabrics have. This means the ink absorbs into the fibres, reducing the colour strength slightly (by approx. -40%). For super strong colours we recommend a non-organic natural fabric.
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Do you print on fabric a customer supplies?
Unfortunately not; we like to test meticulously so that we know what gets best results on our fabrics, and our facilities cater perfectly to them. We do however print sublimation paper to order, and if you have access to a heat press you can press your own fabrics easily.
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Should I save my file as a TIFF or JPEG?
For multi-coloured or very detailed files we recommend using a tiff format, but they must be flattened. For simple colours and low detail files, a jpeg is fine.
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What is the situation with material shrinkage?
Just like many fabric printing processes, there is the potential for shrinkage. Depending on the fabric, please expect and allow between 2-8% shrinkage which you need to plan for in your dimensions. This percentage can vary from print run to print run and between fabrics, so we would advise ordering a little more material than you require for your project.
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Can I print on both sides of the fabric?
We do not offer to print on both sides of the fabric. A lot of our fabrics are semi-transparent or have some show through and this wouldn't work with double-sided printing. This is not a service that we offer on any of our fabrics.
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Can I order labels in another fabric? Would you cut them as you do with the normal fabric labels?
At the moment no, our labels are all printed on the same satin fabric. We may introduce more in the future, but for now, this is the best choice. The labels are all cut the same way. You can order the fabric of your choice and make the labels yourself, but we do not cut different fabric into label format.
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How is your fabric printing eco-friendly?
With environmental consciousness in mind, our fabrics are all printed using completely water-based inks. This means no chemicals or solvents are used. Our heat fixing procedure fixes the colours and prints, avoiding the downsides of steaming, such as excess or contaminated water returning into the waste system. We have one facility in London where we conduct all the printing, production and fulfilment. Rather than roll the fabrics, or send them in a tube, we fold them before they are sent out to you. This saves over 150 tubes a week, as well as a lot of space on the delivery van. (For delicate fabrics we ensure to package appropriately).
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Why are there slight colour differences between my orders?
We work at improving our colour profiles all the time. Though rare it may happen that from one print run to another, and there could be slight colour differences, this is normal and part of the process when we are constantly improving. It is extremely unlikely that there will be a huge difference (like orange instead of red for example). Please bear in mind such colour variations can be intensified from fabric to fabric due to the varying grains and textures of the fabric; natural fabrics tend to have more muted colours than their poly alternatives. This is due to the construction of the materials as well as the print methods that have to be altered slightly for more delicate, natural textiles.
Sizing For Hemming And Shrinkage
We have a full Cut & Sew service here at Contrado, and are able to hem your fabric prints for a small additional charge. We create a small one- or two-fold hem that typically uses 5 to 20mm of material, depending on the thickness of the fabric. So, for example, if you want a finished piece of fabric that measures 100 x 100cm, you will need to order a size of 101.5cm x 101.5cm to allow for the hem (on top of that please also allow for shrinkage of min 2%). The thicker the fabric, the bigger the hem will be. You can choose to have your prints hemmed with either Black or White thread. On our silk and other light woven fabrics, one hemmed edge will be straight (vertically down the roll) and the other will be slightly rippled. The hemming material allowances are as follows and you need to make your print bigger to accommodate the hem:
- Light Fabrics (20-100gsm): For silks and other light fabrics, we use 6-8mm in the hem (2 fold), so overall width/height will be minus 12-16mm
- Medium Fabrics (101-200gsm): For medium-weight fabrics that fray, we use 15-20mm in the hem (2 fold) so overall width/height will be minus 35-40mm
- Stiff/Heavy/No-fray fabrics: we use 15-20mm in the hem (1 fold) so overall width/height will be minus 35-40mm
How Would you Like the Edge?
We have four finishing options for your fabric order:- As it comes. We cut around your image, leaving a simply scissor cut, perhaps uneven white fabric border.
- Hem with thread. We can hem your fabric with a choice of black or white thread. Please allow 1-2 days of additional production time. See below for information on how hemming affects the size of your print. We offer an overlock hem, as well as a folded hem (one or two fold depending on the fabric) however not all fabrics, are suited to both hem types. If you can see both options, it means both are suitable, and you will be able to choose whichever you prefer.
- Cut on the line. We will cut neatly on the edge of your design. This means that if you have a border around your design we will cut around that border, if your design takes the whole space of the fabric, then we will neatly cut around the edge of that image. Please be aware, when we cut along the line, we have to cut against the grain of the fabric. This is the standard procedure for fabric cutting. This means that with some fabrics, for example, Georgette and Mulmul, which have a slight wave in them, some fraying will occur. This is unavoidable, as the cut follows the grain of the textile.
For further information about our fabrics see our FAQs.
Please note: As everything we provide is handmade to order, you may find a slight variance in the sizes.
FAQ
What can I expect to find in my bag of remnants?
These scraps come from the fabric rolls in our warehouse. Some are offcuts from other orders, some are end of the line rolls, and some just (pardon the pun) didn't make the cut. When you open your 2kg mixed bag, you can expect to find a wide range of offcuts, including woven, knitted, organic, natural, man made and so many more. Opt for the 1kg cotton/naturals bag or 1kg Neoprene bag for different materials, or choose the 5kg mixed bag for even more poly-based fabrics.
What will the fabric scraps look like?
Every free mixed bag of upholstery fabric remnants contains 2 kg of textile scraps. These scraps are mainly white or cream, but there is usually a dash of colour or print thrown into the mix too. This is somewhat of a mystery bag, as the free fabric scraps UK made you receive can be anything from cotton and silk blends to tulle and chiffon.
Are these fabric offcuts free?
Yes, they are! If you want to purchase a 2kg mixed bag of upholstery fabric offcuts from Contrado, it is totally free to do so. A bag of offcuts for free is a brilliant deal. The only small charge comes to have your bag delivered to you (standard postage cost), and if you choose our 1kg or 5kg options.
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