Comments on: MADE IN AMERICA

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 21:46:56 +0000

Can I put in a plug for Montana’s own Red Ants Pants? If you need work pants that actually fit — these are your gals. The website even has bios of all the women who design and sew the pants (and they have a killer music festival in the summer too). http://www.redantspants.com/bios.php

By: AmiraRugs

AmiraRugs — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:37:36 +0000

A great company that has made rugs in America (since 1917!) is Capel Rugs. They make all of their braided rugs in Troy, North Carolina, and they have some wonderful new collections that aren’t so old-fashioned looking as your typical braided rugs. I grew up in South Georgia and I remember all the textile mills there slowly closing down throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Carters used to make some of their children’s clothing in Edison, Georgia, and that closed down in the last 15 years. It’s sad to see all these small towns losing pretty well-paid manufacturing jobs. I really love Capel as a company, and urge ya’ll to support it!

By: Cigdem

Cigdem — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:23:20 +0000

I would also like to share my Made in America company. Cibado is a small woman owned leather goods business in Carbondale, Colorado. I design & sew, by hand, American Buffalo Leather into one-of-a-kind bags incorporating antique horse tack & hardware that I source from our local farmers and ranchers. Made to Last. Take a look @ cibado.com
Thank you Natalie Chanin & Alabama Chanin..have been inspred by you for years!!

By: Gina

Gina — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:17:02 +0000

I would like to share my Made in America company with you all as well. We are zkano organic cotton socks, Made in Fort Payne, Alabama. We’re a small family owned + operated business in Northeast Alabama, and we’ve been manufacturing socks here since 1991. I love this post, it’s always great to hear from folks who are passionate about Made in USA as well!

By: Karen Guerra

Karen Guerra — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:46:55 +0000

I want to buy American, but didn’t know where to start. You’ve given me some places to start. Please give us more resources to Buy American!

By: cathy pendleton

cathy pendleton — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:46:53 +0000

….Forgot another favorite… http://www.jesmaharry.com/

Very artistic, handmade jewerly in California…she is also an animal activist and donates proceeds of her earnings to animals in need everywhere- I love that.

I am such a believer in buying American made products. Having an Amercian made business myself, I realize the vital importance…which extends much further than helping to support my own home. Who are we as a country, if not self-sufficient….

By: cathy pendleton

cathy pendleton — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:38:26 +0000

Fantastic post! Here is another company that I love. Handbags and accessories made in Brookyln using a very creative technique with iconic photographs, http://insiders1.com/

Also, a line of very creative, organic clothing- made primarily from hand dyed linens in Chicago, http://www.cynthiaashby.com/

By: Alabama

Alabama — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:18:04 +0000

Ina, Here’s a link to a journal post we did about the chair workshop: http://alabamachanin.com/journal/2012/05/crafting-design-a-bloody-mary/

By: Julie B

Julie B — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:15:49 +0000

This is a fantastic article. I’m going to look up this book. Thanks!

By: Catherine Green

Catherine Green — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:07:39 +0000

I commend and recommend Soft Star, a family owned shoe company in Corvallis Oregon. I’ve been running in a pair of their beautifully made Dash Run Amocs for 2 months now and love them. No more expensive than many brands made offshore and made with vegetable tanned leather. Also a shoutout to North Carolina’s own Raleigh Denim- -started on a shoe string by a young couple, now featured in Barney’s in Mew York.