Green Craft Supplies: Felt Made from Recycled Soda Bottles

Posted on April 18, 2009 by Becky Striepe in DIY

An unsuspecting stack of eco-fi does not know it's about to be cut up and turned into felt cupcakes.

There’s something a little magical about crafting with felt. It’s versatile, comes in lots of fun colors, and sort of reminds me of the crafts I did as a little kid. The problem with synthetic crafting felt is that it’s made from…well it’s made from plastic. There. I feel better now that I’ve gotten that off of my chest.

Luckily, the fine folks at Kunin have us felt addicts covered with their eco-fi (formerly known as ecospun) felt! They used to have recycled and conventional lines of felt, but now all of their offerings are made from 100% recycled plastic soda bottles!

The Kunin felt feels just like any other crafting felt that you’d find at the regular ol’ craft store. It comes in dozens of colors from earthy olive green to the brightest orange or teal. They even have a version that’s glittery! That’s right: there is glitter embedded in the felt. Once you’re done swooning, I’ll tell you where you can find it!

None of the craft stores around here seem to carry the stuff, but you can get eco-fi online easily enough!

I’ve ordered eco-fi from a couple of online suppliers, and everything has shown up quickly and in great shape. Joggles has a good variety of the 9″ x 12″ sheets, and their prices are great: four sheets for just over a dollar. If you’re looking for bigger pieces, Felt-o-Rama has an insane selection of colors!

Felt is fun for all sorts of projects, like making cat toys or play food for your kiddos (or yourself)! It doesn’t fray, so you can leave the edges unfinished, and it’s sturdy enough to stand up to a decent amount of abuse.

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craft, craft supplies, felt, Kunin, recycled

10 Responses to “ Green Craft Supplies: Felt Made from Recycled Soda Bottles ”

April at Felt-o-rama

19. Apr, 2009

Thanks for mentioning Felt-o-rama as a source for Kunin’s recycled eco-felt! We have a great selection of eco-felt yardage in 24 colors along with multi-color bundles of 9″ x 12″ sheets of felt. However, I do want to clarify that we do not currently offer glitter felt. Happy crafting! April

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- Becky Striepe
  
  21. Apr, 2009
  
  Thanks for clarifying! All fixed up.
  
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Steamboat McGoo

21. Apr, 2009

Why don’t you folks at Felt-o-rama offer glitter felt?

Is it some kind of nefarious Bias thing? A plot?

Did someone just forget to order some? Were they fired? I would fire them if I were you.

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- Becky Striepe
  
  21. Apr, 2009
  
  I could have sworn I saw it on their site, and now I can’t find it anywhere but on the Kunin site, where they don’t do direct sales. If you track down the glitter felt, please let me know where you find it!
  
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Andrea

16. May, 2009

PLEASE note that sythetic felt eco-fi or plain old acrylic felt is made for plastic and therfore can be dangerous in a fire, so should NEVER be used in something a child might wear or sleep with, this seems like a silly thing to say I know but I have worked as a nurse in the burn unit for 6 years and you would not believe how many terrible burns have been made worse by the melted plastics in acrylic based childrens toys or PJ’s! Commerical toys and clothes are chemically treated to stop melting but craft store acrylic isn’t.
Personally I only use wool blend felt, I am too cheap for 100% wool, and American Felt and Craft has an insane amount of colors so I don’t miss acrylic all that much!

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Kevin

06. Jul, 2009

What is more important in eco-fi is the use of recycled plastic. It’s a great step towards making our environment clean and green.

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Kris

16. Jul, 2009

This eco-fi sounds amazing plus its environment-friendly too! I might just try this one. Thanks for sharing!

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kimi

17. Jul, 2009

Eco-felt! Interesting! Obviously, I’ve never encountered such art resource before. hehe. I think this kind of felt has brilliant and beautiful color and texture as oppose to ordinary felt.

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