While it’s hard to think about winter when we’re sweltering in summer heat, several of the Sustainable Cloth entries were cozy scarves, perfect for keeping folks warm on chilly days! […]

This was the first year the Chesapeake Fibershed sponsored prizes in the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival Skein and Garment competition.  To be eligible, entries had to use 100% fiber […]

Each of us has our own journey when it comes to clothing ourselves sustainably. This is the Sustainable Cloth entry of Lisa Check, a life long textile artist and enthusiastic […]

The Weavers Guild of Greater Baltimore worked as a team and the resulting entry in the Sustainable Cloth Challenge was nothing short of amazing. It’s a great example of what […]

The Sustainable Cloth Challenge not only demonstrated what can be made to wear with local fiber, but also showed how how natural fibers, and used clothing, could be made into […]

As one of our Sustainable Cloth members so beautifully reminded us, making sustainably doesn’t have to be a ‘huge’ undertaking.  Using recycled vintage materials, Mary Lou Steptoe created historically accurate […]

Kerstin Zurbrigg is an artist, teacher, writer, with a background in fine arts and natural history.  Kerstin has lived in the DC area for 17 years, homeschooling her three children, […]

The Sustainable Cloth Challenge has many stories.  Here, in the words of Jillaine Smith, a supporting member, fiber enthusiast, and SC participant, we learn how her project came to life. […]