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Hands On Learning

7/31/2014

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So much fun to have Carol in the workshop last week.
Hands on learning  is still the best.  Look forward to hosting an NC State textile student next week … lots to do to get ready and projects to finish!

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Cotton & Pints

7/23/2014

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So excited to receive my Pint Hound membership kit.  Which includes a COTTON OF THE CAROLINAS t-shirt.  There is nothing on the market like this brand.  TS Designs is leading the industry in sustainability.  Everything happens, from dirt to shirt, within 600 miles.  Made in the Carolinas.   
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Throwback Thursday

7/17/2014

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Throwback Thursday inspires me to dig up photos from a road trip to the Moses Cone Memorial Park on the Blueridge Parkway near Blowing Rock, NC.  Here we are standing in front of Flat Top Manor.  This 13,000 square foot mansion, built by Moses in 1901 in the grand colonial Revival Style, now serves as home to the Parkway Craft Center.  Moses Cone, a prosperous textile entrepreneur, conservationist, & philanthropist, was affectionately know as the "Denim King" in the late nineteenth century.  In 1895, Moses purchased a defunct steel mill in the Greensboro, NC area and developed it into a large cotton mill called Proximity that produced brown and blue denim, soon becoming one of the biggest producers of denim fabric in the world.  His company was a leading supplier to the Levi Strauss Company for nearly a century, and maintains the relationship today.  Moses was also instrumental in the development of Watauga Academy, now know as Appalachian State University.  Listen to the link for more information about the Moses Cone Memorial Park.
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Raleigh Denim Field Trip

7/16/2014

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Summer is a great time for field trips, and sometimes the best places to visit are right in your own town.  I've been meaning to get to Raleigh Denim's Curatory for like forever.  My daughter and I trekked to the flagship store on 319 West Martin downtown Raleigh in a quest to secure a pair of the best jeans in the country.  The jeans we purchased were made by non-automated jeansmiths, 
who craft denim the old school way.   
The jeansmiths work right around the corner from the retail shop and you can see and hear all the traditional stitching equipment making jeans of the very best denim from Cone Mills plant in White Oak, NC.  The friendly store manager pinned my  jeans to length and they were hemmed on the spot and I walked out brown bagging my jeans.  
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Interesting Projects?

7/8/2014

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Recently I was asked if I had any interesting projects going on and I really had to think about it.  But here is one for that category.  
It's always rewarding to make someone's quality of life just a little bit better.  That's pretty interesting to me.
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