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#16: Going Local with the Western Carolina Sewing Company
FromThread Cult
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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Apr 18, 2013
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Podcast episode
Description
Producing clothing and other sewn goods locally and sustainaly is no easy task, particularly in our global age. Yet there are still dreamers and doers out there actually making things on their own turf—and their own terms. This episode, Christine catches up with Libby O'Bryan, an artist and founder of the Western Carolina Sewing Company (a.k.a. Sew Co.), a full-service cut-and-sew manufacturer of high quality clothing and other products. Sew Co. operates out of the Oriole Mill, in Hendersonville, NC. Check out episode #15 to learn more about this amazing Jacquard mill.
Released:
Apr 18, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
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