Welcome to ProjectThreadways.org
In 2016, Natalie wrote the following on the Alabama Chanin Journal, ”In my design training, we never really spoke direct...
06 March, 2020 1 Comment
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Carefully crafted elements come together into one amazing design.
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the 2021 Annual Symposium
Project Threadways, as a concept and idea, has been in the works for several years—taking shape in Natalie’s mind for ev...
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Shifts in Manufacturing + Textiles
Founded last year as a non-profit, Project Threadways examines, documents, and records the history of textiles...
08 May, 2020 1 Comment -
Ruth Clement Bond + the Tva quilts
This story was originally posted on the Alabama Chanin Journal on June 10,2020.. The fabric tells a story. In the carefu...
20 January, 2021 No comment
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Notes from The Field #5
“These living arts have been passed down by oral histories through generations of women and men—connecting us to our roots, our past, our community, and consequently to our present.” — Natalie Chanin, 2008From the original introduction to Alabama Stitch B...
25 February, 2020 No comment -
the 2021 Annual Symposium
Project Threadways, as a concept and idea, has been in the works for several years—taking shape in Natalie’s mind for even more. Last spring, the planning, learning, researching, and visioning came to life at the inaugural Project Threadways symposium, held at...
25 February, 2020 No comment -
Material Culture
This story was originally posted on the Alabama Chanin Journal on January 19, 2016. I’ve been reading Pattern Recognition (2003) by William Gibson as a sort of “digital book club” with a friend of mine who lives in another state. I’ve never been a hu...
04 March, 2020 No comment