Wild Linens (quality linen fabric for sewing)

Wild Linens is one of the best places to source linen fabric, if you like sewing your own clothes. Linen is from the flax plant, and it can (unlike cotton) be grown in Europe, a real popular industry is in Lithuania, in Eastern Europe.

Linen is warm in water and cool in summer, is easily laundered without any worry about micrplastics, and gets better and softer with age.  It uses 3% of the water needed to make cotton.

This online shop has several colours to choose from! You can also buy small fabric samples, to try before you buy a whole order. Colours include:

• Oatmeal
• Rose pink
• Cocoa brown
• Pale yellow

Linen lampshade safety tips

If you buy the linen lampshades, use LED light bulbs that produce less heat and follow the lamp’s maximum lumen/wattage advice. This brand’s lampshades are backed with a white fire-resistant PVC lining and pass the Lighting Association’s glow wire test for safety (it recommends using low-energy bulbs).