Whew, running this sewing factory is a full time job (contact me if you’re looking for a sewing factory). No wonder my posting suffers.
I’d meant to post this weeks ago but registration for the Fall 2016 Apparel Manufacturing Boot Camp is open.…
Wednesdays, the factory is quiet. I’m the only one here so I can do what I want which often means obsessively checking on my feral cat population. The grey fluffy one is missing again and I try not to let it upset me.…
Yet another overseas factory burns, killing workers. Have we learned nothing in the last hundred years? Considering the Shirtwaist Factory Fire (1911), all we’ve done is push tragedy farther from us -where we can conveniently forget about it, competing as it does with a new week’s news.…
Have you ever heard of kenaf? I’ve been eagerly awaiting its commercial development into textiles for years and it seems we’re a bit closer to that goal.
If you don’t know what kenaf is it can be briefly summarized as a tall, fast growing plant (hibiscus cannabinus; related to cotton and hibiscus) that requires less energy and chemicals both in growing and processing.…
EDIT: 9/8/2018. The links to the Yield Exhibit expired. By request, I’ve substituted a link to the exhibition catalog (pdf).
Today we have a guest entry from Jasmin Wilkins who lives in Wellington New Zealand -which is fortuitous for us as you’ll see.…
