About Cloud9 Fabrics
Cloud9 Fabrics is passionate about bringing eco-sensible fabrics to the quilt and craft market. Co-founders Michelle Engel Bencsko and Gina Pantastico recognized the need for contemporary designs in the eco-friendly, affordable fabric marketplace. In a world where Cotton is King and designer fabrics are becoming increasingly popular, it was apparent that there was a lack of organic cottons with a modern sensibility available to the sewing community.
Cloud9's immediate goals are to use only 100% certified organic cotton in the manufacturing of our base cloths and eco-responsible low impact dyes for printing and dying. Cloud9 Fabrics' organic cotton and goods are imported from the India subcontinent, where they continue to make great strides in the development of eco-friendly fabrics and finishing techniques. Our aim is to work closely with mills who foster the practice of organic cotton farming and eco-responsible print and dye methods.
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Cloud9 Fabrics is literally, the brainchild of Two Girls and a Dream. Coincidentally, Michelle and Gina attended the same high school. They didn't realize the connection until they met again in 1995 in a working relationship that lasted nearly 10 years. While working in different areas and for different companies, they collaborated closely together, creating line after line, product after product, sharing the same continued determination to excel at what they did and learning along the way. It was clear to both of them, that they had much in common and valued and respected the other's abilities. After a few years of going in slightly different career directions, they reunited and Michelle shared her project ideas with Gina who enthusiastically took up the challenge to source the means to achieve their goals. With the same "can do" attitude they had in the past, they quickly and confidently began to formulate and develop this joint endeavor that comfortably utilizes each of their talents while encompassing their values. It is their hope that the significance of the company's name, Cloud9, is clear- they simply couldn't be happier doing what they love to do and doing it for themselves with their own interests and beliefs in mind. Life is good!
