It's been just over a year since the Rana Plaza garment factory building collapsed in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Watch this, please.
The shirt on your back: How did the clothes you're wearing get to you? We trace the human cost of the Bangladeshi garment industry in video, words and pictures.
Interested in DIY/making your own?
We're pulling together the handwoven fabrics we've been collecting over the years -- ready for your sewing and textile projects:
Here's a small sampling of what we have. See our SHOP page for more lengths of silk fabric.
- metres of organic, undyed, textured silk and finer silks for clothing
- 2m lengths of black cotton from Laos with beautiful, elaborately woven borders - perfect for a skirt or other project
- 2 rolls of unique fabric made from the bark of the Yaboi tree!
- smaller pieces of silks and cottons for quilting, cushion covers, any textile project in your imagination
Here's a small sampling of what we have. See our SHOP page for more lengths of silk fabric.