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In the year 2000, fashion designer Natalie Chanin conducted interviews for a short documentary film, entitled Stitch, and created a collection of 200 one-of-a-kind T-shirts, hand-crafted by artisans in and around the Shoals community of northwest Alabama. This work, originally called simply “Alabama,” is today the foundation of three connected organizations:

Alabama Chanin—A brand that designs and produces textiles and fashion through commitments to sustainable design, preservation of artisanal craft, organic supply chains, and local manufacturing.

The School of Making—Workshops, conversations, and experiences that explore creativity, craft, and design through the act of making, focusing on cultural preservation and education.

Project Threadways—A 501c3 not-for-profit created to document, study, and interpret history, community, and power through the lens of fashion and textiles. Programs seek to understand the impact of textiles and their creation—from raw material to finished goods—on local communities, the American south, the nation, and the world.
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School of Design and Early Work Life

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Photography and Film

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Venezuela To Brooklyn

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Brooklyn to Chelsea

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Alabama Collection

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Stitch

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Chelsea Hotel

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Julie Gilhart - Barneys New York

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Sally Singer

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Orders

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Project Alabama and Partners

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The Corset

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Steven Smith

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Chelsea Hotel and 9/11

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Collaboration

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Lola Schnabel @ Project Alabama

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Nicole Phelps

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Vogue and Julia Reed

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Picnic

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Stenciling and Lean Method

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Paris and Oscar Wilde

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Laura Vinroot Poole

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Emerging Designers

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Jennifer Venditti

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Prom Night

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Billy Farrell

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Bloomers

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Fernando Sanchez Collaboration

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Stitch Book

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Tomas Maier Collaboration

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Habitual Jeans Collaboration

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Organic Cotton

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Studio Job Collaboration

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Project Alabama Machine and Hôtel de Crillon

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Eva Whitechapel Collaboration

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Rob Ryan Collaboration

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Michi Meko Collaboration

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The Kitchen Project

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Angie Mosier

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Alabama Adventure Weekend

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Sarah Cristobal

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Alabama State Council on the Arts

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Collaborations

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Bryant Park and UPS 10 to Watch Prize

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Women's Wear Daily

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National Design Awards

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Maria Cornejo

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CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund

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Tina Lutz

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Council of Fashion Designers of America

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Alabama Chanin Founded

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Online Store and Journal

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Diane Hall

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Textile Story Quilts

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From Lovelace Crossroads to The Factory

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Future Fashion

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Alabama Stitch Book

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Charles Moore Collaboration

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Lisa Fox and LF8

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A World of Folk

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Ceremony

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Goods of Conscience Collaboration

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Ethics + Aesthetics = Sustainable Fashion

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Songbirds and 1 Turtle Dove

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CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund

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Gary Graham

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White House Christmas

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Creating a New Craft Culture

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Commune Design

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Roman Alonso with Lisa Eisner and Wyatt Troll

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Alabama Studio Style

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Why Design Now? - National Design Triennial

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Heath Ceramics Collaboration

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Cathy Bailey

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The Cultivated South

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Vivian Howard

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Alabama Studio Sewing + Design

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Jessamyn Hatcher

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Makeshift - Design Week 2012

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Zoe Turnbull and Serious Business

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The Organic Cotton Project

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Rinne Allen

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The River & the Thread

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10-Year Vision

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CFDA/Lexus Eco-Fashion Challenge

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The Camellia Pattern

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Kerry Diamond

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Makeshift Tote Bag Project

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Eileen Fisher - Women-Owned Business Grant

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Building 14 Founded

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The School of Making

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Jennifer Rausch

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The Factory Café

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Yewande Komolafe

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The Factory Store

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Little River Sock Mill Collaboration

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Maira Kalman

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Patagonia Truth to Materials Collaboration

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Friends of the Cafe Dinner Series

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John T. Edge

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Gael Towey

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Alabama Studio Sewing Patterns

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Stella Ishii + 6397 Collaboration

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Alabama on Alabama - Heath Ceramics

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Bon Appétit and Heath Ceramics

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Brooks Reitz and Jack Rudy

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Alabama State Council on the Arts Fellowship

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Erin Reitz

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The Shelter Collection Collaboration

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Flags of Hope

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Scott Peacock and Indigo Dyeing

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The Geometry of Hand-Sewing

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Hambidge Residency

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Zero Waste - Burt's Bees Baby

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The Gathering

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Malia Mills and the No Bullshit Breakfast

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Project Threadways Symposium

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Heath Ceramics - Jewelry Collaboration

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COVID-19: Alabama Chanin Pivots to Face Masks

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CFDA/Vogue "A Common Thread" Fashion Fund

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Left on the Café Table

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Women Who Revolutionized Fashion

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Nest Partnership

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Mary Celeste Beall + Blackberry Farm

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Peter Stanglmayr

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Kimry Blackwelder

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Trend Union and Philip Fimmano

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Acknowledgements + Gratitude

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21 Years

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A History of Collaborations

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21 Years Index

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Embroidery: Threads and Stories

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The Archives