Textiles & Natural Fabrics
Every thread has a story. We follow it back to its roots to find clarity, purpose, and connection.
Threats of Time: A Journey Through World Folk Waving Traditions
Hands That Weave the Earth – Honoring Natural Textiles & Their Makers
Fast Fashion vs. Slow Fashion: Why It’s Time to Rethink Our Wardrobes
From Root to Robe: How the Earth Dresses Us
Follow the Thread
Step into a world where every stitch tells a story.
The Alchemy of Color — Natural Dyes that Remember
Why Natural Dyes? Color is a language older than ink. Natural dyes—drawn from plant, insect, and mineral—carry fragrance, season, and place into...
Natural Fibers: Threads That Bind Us
The First Thread Natural fibers turn small motions into lasting comfort. A single strand is fragile, but spun into thread it becomes strength—a...
Threads of the Past, Weaving Our Future Series: The Soul of Natural Fiber
The First Language Between Earth and Us Beneath our feet, the earth has always offered threads—cotton that blooms like clouds under the sun, flax...
Reviving American Flax Today
A Return to the Field Though flax once faded from America’s fields, today it is returning—revived by artisans, farmers, and sustainability...
American Flax: Decline and Memory
By the turn of the 19th century, American Flax entered its long twilight, overshadowed by the rapid ascent of cotton. The cotton gin, patented in...
Shaker Linen: Simplicity & Flax Faith
Shaker Linen and the Roots of Simplicity When the Shakers—formally known as the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing—arrived...
How to Read Clothing and Bedding Labels for Healthy Fabrics
Clothing and bedding labels may look small and ordinary, yet they carry the hidden story of what will touch your skin each day and cradle you...
American Flax: Patriotic Threads of the Revolution
American Flax and the Revolution American Flax played a vital role in the American Revolution. The war was not fought with muskets and cannons...
American Flax: Women, Work, and Linen
American Flax and Women’s Daily Work American Flax was never only a crop in the fields; it was a living thread that tied women’s hands, hearts,...
The First American Flax Fields: A Forgotten Chapter in Linen History
The First American Flax Fields in America American Flax took root when the first settlers arrived on the rocky shores of New England in the early...