Small Scraps, Big Imagination: Go Green

A small piece of fabric can become the beginning of a child's next idea. In 2025, MIKI HOUSE's Go Green campaign invited families at selected stores around the world to turn sample fabrics into handmade keepsakes.

These fabrics were created while developing materials and patterns for clothing. Workshops gave children a chance to use them again, making thank-you cards, tissue holders and other small creations.

From New York to the world

At The Plaza and Tangram stores in New York, children made fabric-decorated thank-you letters for loved ones. Participating locations also included Paris, London's Harrods, Singapore, Shanghai and Taipei.

The hands-on activities introduced a simple idea: materials can have value beyond their first use. They also made space for children to experiment, create and enjoy time with their families.

The fabric's first life

Before a finished garment reaches a store, fabrics and patterns go through development. Sample pieces help the team explore materials and designs, but they do not all become clothing. The workshops gave those pieces a new purpose while allowing children to make something personal.

The New York events took place at The Plaza on June 7 and Tangram on June 8, 2025. Participants used fabric patterns to decorate letters of thanks. In Singapore, children made pocket tissue holders: a different way to turn the same kind of material into something useful.

Beyond the workshop table

The campaign also introduced other approaches to using resources thoughtfully. Through Kurabo's L∞PLUS, or Looplus, technology, cotton cutting offcuts from sewing factories are broken down into fibers and spun into new yarn. MIKI HOUSE uses that yarn for towels offered as customer gifts on selected occasions.

The original announcement also described traceable natural rubber used in Made-in-Japan baby-shoe soles, and changes to selected store supplies such as paper bags, biomass-derived polybags and wooden hangers. These are specific initiatives described at the time of the campaign; the workshops made the broader idea tangible for children through the simple act of creating something from a fabric remnant.

These workshops took place in 2025. This article is a look back, rather than an announcement of upcoming events.

Adapted for MIKI HOUSE USA from MIKI HOUSE Global News, originally published 2025-06-24. Photography: MIKI HOUSE.