SUSTAINABLE FASHIONALABAMA CHANIN

Sustainability Conference FIT 2011

O'Neal Bridge and the Tennessee River with the Florence skyline in the background.

• DISTANCEFROM NYC

TO FLORENCE850 MILES

•POPULATIONOF FLORENCE

IS 38,000

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DELTA FLIGHT 133 BOUND FOR MUSCLE SHOALS, ALABAMA

THE COTTON STATE

TEE JAYS MANUFACTURING PLANT

BILLY REID

ENTRANCE TO ALABAMA CHANIN INDUSTRIAL PARK, FLORENCE, ALABAMA

NATALIE CHANIN

REUSE, RECYCLE, REPURPOSE

ZERO WASTE

THE FACTORY--SHELVES OF COTTON

ALBAMA CHANIN PATTERN COLLECTION

SPREADING OUT THE FABRIC

CUTTING OUT THE PATTERN

THERE ARE OVER150 DIFFERENT STENCILS TO

CHOOSEFROM.

ORIGINALLYCUT BY HAND,

NOWCUT BY LASER.

FABRIC IS AIRBRUSHED AND THEN HUNG TO DRY

NATALIE CHANINTEACHING THE

WORKSHOP“LOVING YOUR

THREAD”

STITCHING TECHNIQUESREVERSE APPLIQUE, APPLIQUE, EMBROIDERY,

BEADING

REVERSE APPLIQUE BEADED GARMENTS

APPLIQUE WEDDING GARMENTS

APPLIQUE AND EMBROIDERY

REVERSE APPLIQUE

APPLIQUE

SEWING AS COMMUNITY

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