Recently in our quest to find an ethically-made, biodegradable pillow insert, a vendor made a mistake and shipped us 100% polyester fiber inserts. We're on a mission not to sell polyester (also disguised as "synthetic") pillow forms, and here's why: Polyester, also known as PET, is a petroleum-based fiber, and...
Overprints are what we call the serendipitous print that happens during production when two designs overlap. Sometimes we plan for these in the print studio, but other times they happen just because we’re working on multiple orders and trying to eliminate fabric waste. Up until recently, we’ve been saving these...
Announcing our next Open Studio + Recycle Drive! Please join us Saturday, November 9th, 2019 from 10-4pm at our home studio located at 124 Whispering Springs, Athens, GA 30605. This year, we'll be collecting fabric for recycling! So please bring along any unwanted textiles and we'll do the rest! Fabric...
Last year our business model at Sara Parker Textiles began to change. It was clear to me that separating the business into two parts made sense. One side that prints high-quality, ethically-sourced fabrics and another that makes hand-sewn items from that fabric. The majority of items at Maisilene are made...
This past Saturday I took a break from painting our studio walls to check out the Georgia Sewn Expo in downtown Athens. This was part of a larger event hosted by the Athens Fashion Collective and the Wilson Center for Humanities at UGA. The one-day expo was about connecting local...
