Don’t go crazy, Get Creative! Isolation can make a person feel like they’re going a little nuts. Anyone out there holla?! It’s so important to find constructive ways to fill our time and focus our energy. Modern Fabrics has contributed to bringing beauty to the madness with generous donations to make masks during the Covid-19 crisis. Ewa partnered with Emma Newell of Defined Designs and to date has created hundreds of masks to send to hospitals, health care workers and friends and family all over the nation. From Pillows to PPE Emma has temporarily flipped her pillow shop to make and provide ..read more

Every time I think about our business I feel lucky. I didn’t set out to have a green business. I didn’t go to school to run a green company, but having a truly green company where I know I have saved resources from polluting the earth is amazing. It just makes you feel great at the end of the day.  Ewa Powell During the Covid-19 crisis, volunteers around the globe are virtually gathering their clean up efforts in honor of this golden anniversary of Earth Day, while a family owned, award winning fabric store, Modern Fabrics, has been steadily leading the way to a greener earth for thirtee ..read more

Modern Fabrics introduces the Keep Calm & Get Creative fabric kits. Let us help you get creative or entertain your kids by sending you a box of our amazing fabrics and leathers that were saved from the waste-stream! Win-Win, right? Each box is individually curated by Modern Fabrics’ owner and design expert Ewa Powell. She will coordinate the colors and textures of each box OR you can give a short description of what you like in the comment section at checkout. Order your box today to Keep Calm & Get Creative. Choose a Category Mid Century Lover Geometrics & wools Kid Enterta ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Ewa Powell PHONE: 704-740-9676 E-MAIL: ewa@modern-fabrics.com Covid-19 shut down leads to DIY magic, and Ewa Powell shows you how. Charlotte, NC, March 19, 2020 – With the mandatory closing of schools, jobs and local shops, now is the time to get all those projects done that you’ve been putting off. In times of heightened social awareness and economic stress like these, it is more important than ever to continue to source things we need from local businesses, especially businesses that are built on conserving resources. Award winning local fabric store, Modern Fa ..read more

This week something unexpected and wonderful has happened.  Ewa Powell, our fearless leader here at Modern Fabrics, was presented with the opportunity to team up with Emma Newell, owner of Defined Designs Pillow Shop, to create much needed face masks. With Ewa’s help, Emma has turned her pillow making shop into a face mask supplier overnight. Ewa (left) and Emma (right) are teaming up to make it happen with our gorgeous fabric donations! Our first batch of face masks to meet the overwhelming demand… AND they’re beautiful! Emma has been hearing directly from nurses and it has been hea ..read more

Inspirational Sally I don’t think a day goes by at the Charlotte store without me mentioning the work of Sally Peek, the owner and creator of Nana by Sally. I LOVE her work, but more then that I love her personality, her success story and her super strong hugs when we reunite. Sally walked into our very first Charlotte store about 10 years ago as a new mom in need of a creative outlet. Today she runs her own successful company. I would like to take some credit for that please, but I probably don’t deserve it! I share her story so often because I feel like many of our creative customers can ..read more

Less is more when it comes to our latest fabric find, Bernhardt Textiles Plain. Like the name suggests it is “plain” and that is what makes it beautiful. The fabric is 95% wool with a tiny weave texture.  Designed by a famous Frenchman Bernhardt Textiles Plain was designed by an accomplished French-born architect and designer Christian Biecher. Biecher has worked extensively throughout Europe and Asia. His design of the Parisian restaurant Korova, the hip Rue Saint-Honore Joseph store, Issey Miyake’s Tokyo headquarters, and his new Pantone® backpack are just a few ..read more