By Becky Striepe •
March 31, 2009
[Creative Commons photo by Lindsey T]
We’ve talked about organic cotton’s merits before. Conventional cotton uses all sorts of nasty pesticides when it’s grown and chemicals and dyes in its production. Organic is just better for you and for the planet. You can imagine how pumped I was to stumble upon this 100% organic cotton terry cloth from Hart’s Fabric!
My first thought when I ran across this was, of course, to make dish towels, so I did a little searching and found some great inspiration. Check out the terry cloth eye candy!
By Laura Bucci •
October 26, 2008
This is a guest post by Laura Bucci, who knits and sews bags. You can find her at her arts & crafts blog.
I must admit that I prefer to buy foreign craft items when I’m actually visiting the country of origin as opposed to buying them in my home country. There’s something missing when these items are sold out of context. Right now, I’m thinking specifically about Latin American crafts since that’s where I’ve traveled to in the last few years. I feel there’s a lot that I’m not getting by not having seen the people, the landscape, the country, the culture where the piece is made.
In one of my the trips to Guatemala, I bought two small embroidery wall hangings. Although I did not meet the women who made these pieces, throughout Guatemala it is easy to spot Mayan women working on the streets or craft markets (as seen in top picture). By being exposed to the culture, and through dialogues with shop owners, my appreciation of my newly purchased embroideries was greatly increased. And now when I look at my Mayan embroideries at home, images of the place, the women, and the culture flood back.
By Jennifer Lance •
August 19, 2008
The Sweet Line makes totally sweet, custom hand embroidered clothing for children, and they offer many organic styles. If you are not the crafty type that can do embroidery, or you simply don’t have the time, the Sweet Line can give your children’s clothing that special touch. The t-shirts are made from 100% interlocked organic cotton, which is the softest organic cotton I have ever felt.
Early childhood educators suggest that using a child’s name is the first place to begin teaching your child the alphabetic principle. Learning name recognition, as well as the letter names and sounds of one’s own name, is the logical and most appropriate way for children to learn their letters. Custom items brandishing your child’s name, such as Sweet Line’s custom organic cotton embrodery t-shirts, give your child lots of opportunity to experience their name. I still remember when my daughter was two-years-old and learned to spell her name from a custom clock her grandfather gave her.
