Beginning in 2002, Natalie and Project Alabama develop 100% organic cotton fabrics in partnership with the Texas Organic Cotton Marketing Cooperative, and North Carolina converters. This work furthers Alabama Chanin’s mission of supporting domestic farmers and manufacturing, sustainably-sourced materials, and providing quality products. The seed-to-shelf, domestically-grown, organic fabrics are used to create collection garments from 2005 onward, and are offered by the yard to home sewers starting in 2007. These fabrics become a core supply chain piece for Alabama Chanin and The School of Making.
Learn more about our supply chain here.
Slide 1: Organic cotton field, Alabama, March 2007, photograph by Robert Rausch
Slide 2: Organic cotton boll, Alabama, March 2007, photograph by Robert Rausch; Texas Organic Cotton Marketing Cooperative in Lubbock Texas, photographed during a team visit in October 2012, photograph by Erin Dailey for Alabama Chanin
Slide 3: Organic Cotton Project, 2012, photograph by Rinne Allen for her Harvest series
Slide 4: Organic cotton harvest, Texas Organic Cotton Marketing Cooperative in Lubbock Texas, photographed during a team visit in October 2012, photograph by Erin Dailey for Alabama Chanin
Slide 5: T-Shirt production for the Organic Cotton Project, 2012, photograph by Rinne Allen
Slide 6: Fabric swatch in Job Flowers with couching from the Studio Job collaboration, 2004 (read an entry on the Studio Job collaboration here)