Happy Earth Week! At Linda Cabot Design, we’re all about celebrating the small steps that you can take to advocate for the planet in your daily life. These decisions can be as simple as upcycling an unwanted piece of fabric into a new accessory, or checking a clothing label while you’re out shopping to better gauge exactly how the … Read more
It’s an unfortunate truth about the textile industry: it is by far one of the world’s largest polluters. According to the UN Environment Program, one garbage truck’s worth of textiles is wasted every second, and 92 million tons of textile waste gets dumped in landfills each year. And that’s just in terms of solid waste – … Read more
Linda Cabot Design is thrilled to introduce our new eco-friendly Baby Bundle, the perfect all-in-one set to bring home to your own bundle of joy. Our Baby Bundles include an oh-so-soft baby blanket and matching pair of burp cloths, all made with sustainable organic cotton. This gentle material gets softer with every wash, and it … Read more
Tara Thorn and her small business, Cedar and Cypress Designs, create more than just gorgeous handmade jewelry – they create a community. A social enterprise business model, Cedar and Cypress Designs partners with independent artisans in Haiti to bring beautiful and sustainable pieces to life, ensuring stable employment for many expert makers in the process. … Read more
Catherine Gentile has always been an artmaker. An immaculate quilter and knitter, she has spent her life sharing her knowledge and passion for textiles with generations of women across Massachusetts, from her time spent running the quilting department at Boston’s legendary Windsor Button Shop, to teaching her own courses as the owner of the Button … Read more
There are 35,000 tons of plastic floating in the ocean right now – and the clothes we buy may have something to do with it. In our last blog post, we stressed the importance of reusing excess fabrics in order to reduce the amount of textile waste that ends up in landfills. And while we … Read more
