You can read the whole story over at cyclefabric.co.uk. Apparently UK sends 1 million tonnes of textiles to landfills a year – mostly used clothes. Emma salvages them and turns them into comfy, resistant saddles. She also acquires fabrics from apparel designing friends and takes on commissions using fabrics chosen by clients. I’m after getting my Gustav Klimt “Kiss” bag (handles went to hell) made into a saddle that fits my yellow bike.
Emma says, “I’m a geek when it come to saddles totally. You should see me these days, I see people in nice T-shirts and think it would be a compliment to tell them how nice their shirt would be on a saddle.”
Since I’m a newly made bike enthusiast I also guest post over at CycleFabric tumblog – it’s updated with short posts about cool biking stuff, places, pictures, videos and some such.
If you’d like to find out more or order a saddle catch Emma at:
www.cyclefabric.co.uk
Emma (at) cyclefabric.co.uk
