These fabrics are so soft, and get fluffy and light with washing. They are 75% cotton and 25% blended fibers from recycling. They are handwoven in Motif’s fair trade factories in Bangladesh. I am so excited to continue to partner with this company. You are going to love what we make together.

This is the first interview in a series about creative work. I dreamed this up in the beginning of 2023, and sat down with Chesna several months ago. It just took time for it to all fall together, so I have been waiting for so long, and am delighted to finally share this with you. Chesna is wearing a madder red linen Saturday Set, mixed and matched with some of her own favorite pieces.

There are a lot of factors that affect the sustainability of a material; How the plant is grown, is it a quickly renewing plant, or one that takes a long time to grow, how much water does it take and how many herbicides and pesticides are needed, does it strip the soil of nutrients, can it be rotated with other useful corps to replenish what it uses, how are the famers compensated, how far is the field where it is grown from the plants that turn it into a useful fabric, what is the quality of life for the factory workers, are they paid fairly, do the conditions make them sick or risk injury, does the factory pollute it’s local environment, damaging natural resources and eco systems, making people and animals sick or contaminating water, so that it is no longer useable, the same questions go for the dyeing process if it is in a different location from the mill, how far does it have to travel to get to me, am I using the fabric wisely, with designs that fit well onto the rectangular yardage and don’t leave large unusably shaped pieces, do I recycle the scraps I do make, as I grow are my products priced so that I can employ fairly compensated help and in a facility with a high quality of life? These are all of the moving parts I am trying to hold in my hands.