American Made Brand Fabric Review

Back in July, my family traveled to Missouri to visit family.  From there I traveled solo to Oklahoma City for Sew-OK and in the process I just so happened to make my way to a quilt shop or two.  ::cough:: ::cough::  In route back home, we stopped in Paducha, Kentucky and we were near the infamous Hancock's fabric of Paducha so I went in just for a second.  While I was there, I stumbled across the new fabric from American Made Brand.  I had heard of this new company but had never seen the fabric in person before.  I liked what I saw.  In fact, I liked what I saw so much that once back home I looked up the company and read more about them and realized that it's an all American product.  The cotton is grown here in USA and the fabric is manufactured here too.  Their tag line, "Celebrating a Farm to Fabric Movement" had me hook, line and sinker.

I spent some time on their website and was just so impressed with the "farm to fabric" movement that I clicked on their contact button and sent an email telling them just that.  Then I went on with my day. But within a few hours I had heard back from them and they offered to send me some fabric to test out and see what I thought.  How cool is that?

After making this mini quilt with AMB solid fabric, here are my thoughts:

• Intense and consistent saturation of color
• Quality base cloth for sure - the weave is consistent and solid and maybe a little tighter than what I'm used to working with which made for crisp pressing and seams
• No color bleeding or fading after washing (which I have done three times to adequately test)
• Minimal shrinking - not noticeably more or less than other quilt shop quality fabric from other manufacturers

I read on their website that there are currently 50 different colors available which means that I should be able to find a color that matches whatever I'm working on often.  Since the company was established in 2013 I am hopeful that they will continue to add to their color range as time goes on and they carve their way into the fabric market.  I know that I will find satisfaction in choosing a fabric completely made and manufactured in America and look forward to seeing these fabrics show up in more online and brick-and-mortar shops every day.

-dana