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Fibershed Affiliates—including fiber producers, artisans, designers, and makers—are developing regional fiber systems around the world. Their grassroots work will spark the essential growth of local fiber economies in the years to come.
As the Affiliate network continues to grow and the Fibershed movement spreads around the globe, the need for project funding grows with it. To support more of these incredible initiatives, Fibershed is asking for donations to our Threading Resilience fundraiser through September 15.
Funds will be used to distribute micro-grants to support projects proposed by Fibershed Affiliates—and every dollar donated will be matched by Fibershed up to $50,000! Learn more and make a donation at the link in our bio—and please share this post with your friends and networks to spread the word! 💛 #ThreadingResilience
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Photos in order:
— 1 & 2: Local fibers in @fibreshed_ireland
— 3-5: Natural dye plants and fiber in the @puertoricofibershed
— 6 & 7: Processing kudzu with the @fiberhousecollective Fibershed
— 8 & 9: Flax-to-Linen with the @rustbeltfibershed
— 10 & 11: Fibershed Nederland's State of Fashion presentation and demonstrations (@fibershed.nl)
— 12 & 13: Fibershed collaborations with PA Fibershed (@alltogethernowpa)
— 14: Developing carbon farming program marketing tools by @nytextilelab Fibershed
— 15 & 16: Homegrown Homespun Project with @northwestenglandfibreshed
— 17: Hand processing hemp with @greatbasinfibershed
— 18 & 19: Acadiana Brown Cotton with Acadiana Fibershed
— 20 & 21: Trialing natural dye plant growing with wastewater in @senewenglandfibershed
— 22 & 22: Shearing day in the Ozarks Fibershed
— 23 & 24: Hand processing local fiber in @fibershed_finland
— 25 & 26: Creating local blankets in the @westernmassfibershed
— 27: Farm to Home to Closet Challenge in the @chesapeakefibershed
— 28: Local dyeing in the Inland Empire Fibershed
Our producer member Lourdes of @masaganaflowerfarm doing such amazing work with her natural dye gardens and events.
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The TINTA Experience is back and I'm so excited to share with you the joy and magic that flowers & plants bring to my life. Book using the link in bio.
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🌻Here at Masagana Flower Farm, I (Lourdes), create immersive floral experiences that help you nurture your creativity as a form of self and community care.
🌾$15 of every booking will be donated to the conservation work of @livingprairiemuseum in preserving the remaining 1% of our tallgrass prairie.
🌄Life slows down as you set foot on the farm, a southwest facing acreage near La Broquerie, Manitoba. Awaken your senses and let nature lead you.
🌼We'll start with a sharing circle and ground ourselves with a listening exercise. Drop our worries, clear our minds and put our own needs first during our time together.
🎨Learn about the dye flowers that we grow and harvest them as we wander in the gardens. We'll then use these blooms in creating tangible memories of your time at the farm on silk scarves and dye a shawl with plant-based indigo.
🥘We'll wind up and get nourished with a light festive salu-salo at my table, a festive Filipino tradition of celebrating by eating together. Take a bite, wind down and leave the farm feeling refreshed and inspired.
Ready for some me time? Book using the link in bio. For discounted group bookings (min. 4), email us at [email protected].
🎥 @vanguardwpg
#TintaExperience #ExperientialTourism #UniqueTravel #Manitoba #MasaganaFlowerFarm #TravelManitoba #EasternMB #ManitobaFlowerFarm #BotanicalDyes #NaturalDye #handmade #slowcraft #TangibleMemory #FarmTour #AgriTourism #BipocBusiness #experiencetinta #entrepinay #entrepinayship
Broadcast seeding fibre flax by @hundredfoldfarmmb - have you seen our flax to linen growing guide on the website? Check out the link in profile and follow along as we grow flax for linen in our fibreshed!
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Meet Anna Hunter @pembinafibreshed
She talks to us about the first thing that we need to know about a linen shirt, where it comes from and what conditions we need to grow it in Manitoba.
Spoiler: infrastructure!
Did you learn something new from this clip? Would you buy a linen shirt that used flax from Manitoba??
#fieldtoragsalinenshirt #fashrevcan #lovedclotheslast
Tonight is the night our One Year One Outfit launches. Thank you to all the participants who committed a year to creating beautiful, long lasting clothing from our regional fibreshed!
Come check out the exhibit tonight or during these times this week at the C2 gallery in Winnipeg @manitobacraft @fibershed_ big thanks to the @rustbeltfibershed for their inspiration on this project.
Fri, Feb 18, 12-4 pm
Sat, Feb 19, 12-4 pm
Wed, Feb 23, 12-4 pm
Thur, Feb 24, 12-4 pm
Fri, Feb 25, 12-4 pm
Sat, Feb 26, 12-4 pm
We will be at the @stnorbertfarmersmarket this coming Sunday, December 12 doing a FREE flax processing demonstration from 11am-1pm.
Come and try breaking, scrutching and hackling flax that was grown in Manitoba and watch it transform into linen for our clothing.
This demonstration is a part of our year long Flax to Linen Community Project! We hope to see you Sunday! #flaxtolinen #fibreshed #canadianfibreshed #pembinafibreshed @fibershed_
Just a reminder that our next flax to linen processing day is tomorrow at 1pm at the @longwayhomestead mill and farm. Please register at [email protected] this is a free event and open to any community folk! #flaxtolinenpf #flaxtolinen #fibreshed
Working on the ‘break’ tool for our next Pembina Fibreshed “Flax to Linen” processing day!
This is a community based project but requires registration. Email connect@pembinafibreshed for more details!
A bit thanks to Luke of @longwayhomestead for all his help with the tools.
Our Flax to Linen continues! Love this video of the retting step. Watch here for details of our next steps community events. #Repost @kara_dunreafarmingcompany
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Retting flax in a creek. Have I said how much I love this process
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#flax #flaxtolinenpf #manitoba #farmlife
Slow mo version of rippling our flax yesterday during our flax to linen demo at @stnorbertmarket thanks to all our growers and everyone that came out and participated! #flaxtolinenpf #flaxtolinen
Reposted from • @manitobacraft Eco Craft Pairing: Lourdes Still and Shannon Bahuaud
Lourdes Still is the founder of Masagana Flower Farm & Studio. A small-scale flower farm and dye studio near La Broquerie, Manitoba. She believes that no matter who and where we are, creating magic and growing joy is right at our fingertips. She advocates for an eco-conscious lifestyle and inspires others to turn their lawns into garden beds. She grows seasonal blooms and dye plants and makes handmade, small batch, naturally dyed textile goods. She started as a self-taught flower farmer and natural dyer, but has since trained on small scale, high intensity cut flower production through Floret Farm and furthered her knowledge of natural dyes at Maiwa’s School of Textiles. She created Tinta, a three-hour dye-your-own wearable art experience where people can engage with plants and flowers and create with it through botanical eco-printing and indigo dyeing. A true field to print experience! Her work can be found on www.masaganaflowerfarm.com and on Instagram, where her life at the farm gets documented, one square at a time.
Shannon H Bahuaud is a graduate student at the Natural Resource Institute working with the Pembina Fibreshed on a community-based experimental flax growing project to harvest, process, spin and weave the flax into linen for their One Year One Outfit Challenge. Her research interests are in circular economies and sustainable textiles, a project that focuses on local resources/economies, organic farming and low-impact textile manufacturing that contribute to reducing climate change and creating more resilient, local economies and community. Shannon is working with Lourdes Still to explore the possibilities of fully naturalized and sustainable textile production.
#pembinafibreshed #oyoopf #flaxtolinen
Exciting things are happening as more flax seeds are growing throughout Manitoba! We can’t wait to share more with you in the next few weeks! #flaxtolinenpf
