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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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