Fibershed Regional Source Book
The following list includes current regionally-grown textiles available from CA Fibershed Producers. Available textiles ebb and flow with fiber availability. More textiles will be added as they become available.
We understand there are material and manufacturing limitations within our textile region. As we continue to work to invest and uplift our regional systems to grow more textile options in our state, we also value the important work happening in the Western States. Although these textiles are not eligible for Fibershed’s Certification/ tag system, we encourage you to explore these pan-regional materials.
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California Climate Beneficial Wool
California Climate Beneficial Wool & Cotton Collaborative Cloth
California Climate Beneficial Cotton
Western States Organic Cotton
CALIFORNIA CLIMATE BENEFICIAL WOOL
Cloth Name: California Climate Beneficial Wool – Lightweight Plain Weave
Cloth Source: Climate Beneficial Fiber Pool – Coordinated by Imperial Yarn
Fiber Source: Northern California Climate Beneficial Ranches
Fabric Type:
• Lightweight woven, plain weave
• Fine Rambouillet Wool
• 12-13oz
• 44-46″ width
• Fabric cut into 9 yard panels to make it easier to ship
Manufacturing Information: Woven in New Hampshire (map of manufacturing route)
Where to purchase: Fibershed Learning Center; Climate Beneficial Fiber Pool
Cost: $55/ yard; 200 yard minimum purchase* (Order can be combined heavyweight, as long as equates to 200 yards total)
*If you are looking to purchase smaller quantities, please reach out to lexi@fibershed.org to purchase from the Fibershed Learning Center
(Garment by Herderin; Photo by Paige Green)
Cloth Name: California Climate Beneficial Wool – Heavyweight Plain Weave
Cloth Source: Climate Beneficial Fiber Pool – Coordinated by Imperial Yarn
Fiber Source: Northern California Climate Beneficial Ranches
Fabric Type:
• Heavyweight woven, plain weave
• Fine Rambouillet Wool
• 16-17 oz
• 44-46″ width
• Fabric cut into 9 yard panels to make it easier to ship
Manufacturing Information: Woven in New Hampshire (map of manufacturing route)
Where to purchase: Fibershed Learning Center; Climate Beneficial Fiber Pool
Cost: $65/ yard; 200 yard minimum purchase* (Order can be combined lightweight, as long as equates to 200 yards total)
*If you are looking to purchase smaller quantities, please reach out to lexi@fibershed.org to purchase from the Fibershed Learning Center
(Garment by Karen Mirabelli; Photo by Paige Green)
Cloth Name: Balanced Twill – Climate Beneficial Wool
Cloth Source: Lani’s Lana
Fiber Source: Bare Ranch, Cedarville, CA
Fabric Type:
• Soft, medium weight shirting fabric ideal for cool weather. Nice drape, perfect for lighter coating uses, blazers, sportswear jackets, skirts, and more.
• Twill in Snow, Lava, Sand, Shale, Charcoal, Dark Sky
— Snow (white): Undyed fabric
— Lava (dark gray with purple/ burgundy tones): Dyed with indigo and cochineal
— Sand (neutral taupe): Blend of natural dye plants
— Dark Sky (blue): Dyed with indigo
• Made of Fine Rambouillet Wool
• 45″ width
• 8.5 oz/ square yard
Manufacturing Information:
• Scouring & Top Making at Chargeurs Wool
• Spinning at Worsted Spinning New England
• Natural Dyeing at Swan’s Island Company
• Textile Design by Sandy Fisher Woven
• Industrial Weaving at Huston Textile Company
Where to purchase: Lani’s Lana, or reach out directly to lanislana22@gmail.com
Cost: $100/ yard (sold as $50/ half yard)
Cloth Name: Plain Weave – Climate Beneficial Wool
Cloth Source: Lani’s Lana
Fiber Source: Bare Ranch, Cedarville, CA
Fabric Type:
• Light-medium weight shirting fabric with a great hand and drape, perfect for shirts, dresses, skirts, light jackets, pants, and more.
• Plain weave in Snow, Lava, Sand, Dark Sky
— Snow (white): Undyed fabric
— Lava (dark gray with purple/ burgundy tones): Dyed with indigo and cochineal
— Sand (neutral taupe): Blend of natural dye plants
— Dark Sky (blue): Dyed with indigo
• Made of Fine Rambouillet Wool
• 45 inches wide
• 7 oz/ square yard
Manufacturing Information:
• Scouring & Top Making at Chargeurs Wool
• Spinning at Worsted Spinning New England
• Natural Dyeing at Swan’s Island Company
• Textile Design by Sandy Fisher Woven
• Industrial Weaving at Huston Textile Company
Where to purchase: Lani’s Lana, or reach out directly to lanislana22@gmail.com
Cost: $100/ yard (sold as $50/ half yard)
CALIFORNIA CLIMATE BENEFICIAL WOOL & COTTON COLLABORATIVE CLOTH
Cloth Name: Climate Beneficial Collaborative Cloth
Cloth Source: Lani’s Lana x California Cloth Foundry
Fiber Source: Bare Ranch, CA, California Cleaner Cotton™ & New Mexico Organic Cotton
Fabric Type:
• Double-faced cut & sew knit (cotton pique knit one face, wool 1×1 rib knit the other face)
• Content – 58% Cotton Blend of California Cleaner Cotton™ & New Mexico Organic Cotton, with 42% California
Rambouillet Wool
• Weight – approx. 13 oz per linear yard
• Width – 52”
• PFD (prepared for dye)
Manufacturing Information:
•Yarns milled in the Carolinas and Maine
•Fabric circular knit & finished/ccour & framed by California Cloth Foundry in Los Angeles.
Where to purchase: Fibershed Cooperative Marketplace and Lani’s Lana; Fibershed Learning Center
Cost: $80/ yard; Wholesale through Lani’s Lana – $40/ yard (must purchase bolt; Approx. 42 yards per roll)
(Garments by CA Cloth Foundry; Left photo by Paige Green)
*If you are looking to purchase from the Fibershed Learning Center, please reach out to lexi@fibershed.org.
CALIFORNIA CLIMATE BENEFICIAL COTTON
Cloth Name: California Climate Beneficial Cotton Jersey (Mid/Lightweight)
Cloth Source: California Climate & Cotton Coalition (C4)
Fiber Source: San Joaquin Valley, CA – Climate Beneficial Cotton farms
Fabric Type:
• 7-7.5 ounces, T-shirt weight (mid to lightweight)
• 60″ width
Manufacturing Information: Processed domestically in North Carolina and Los Angeles, California
Where to purchase: Fibershed Learning Center (As a C4 Coalition member, Fibershed has purchased this fabric for use by the micro-design community. Unless a participant chooses to join the C4 Coalition, they may not make marketing claims about driving farm level transformation and have limitations on what they can communicate. Designers purchasing this fabric are required to sign a Terms of Use upon placing a purchase order.)
Cost: $6.90 PFD (prepared for dye)/ yard
Notes: 1:1 Rib is also available, same width at $8.95/ yard
Sampling: We are offering up to 5 yards of this C4 jersey, along with 1/2 yard of rib to any designer to sample.
*If you are interested in purchasing any quantity, please reach out to lexi@fibershed.org to purchase from the Fibershed Learning Center
WESTERN STATES ORGANIC COTTON
Cloth Name: Viriditas Farm Grown Brown Rib Vintage 2013
Source: Vreseis
Farm Location: Viriditas Farm, Capay Valley, California – Organically grown
Fabric Type:
• 9.6 oz
• Rib knit composed of the Foxfibre ®️Colorganic®️ brown varieties (mostly the Pima grown named “Buffalo” and some “Coyote” as well) grown at Viriditas Farm in 2013
• Carded with a bit of organic white cotton grown in Texas
• Fabric is 56” wide. The fabric gets more intense in color with washing.
Manufacturing Information: Spun and knit in North Carolina
Where to purchase: Vreseis Limited
Cost: $30/ half yard = $60/ yard
By the roll wholesale is available for half the retail price. If interested in availability and quantities directly email: vreseis@icloud.com
Cloth Name: Knit Foxfibre® Colorganic® Fabric – Various styles
Source: Vreseis
Farm Location: West Texas, New Mexico, Arizona – Organically grown
Fabric Type:
Various styles available
• Medium Brown french terry 68” wide*
• Medium Brown fine jersey 56” wide*
•Light brown rib knit*
• Green rib knit (available at wholesale by roll)**
*Brown cotton variety is “Coyote”, blended with organic white cotton grown in either New Mexico or West Texas.
**The green jersey and rib was grown by Vreseis in Arizona in 1995 blended with organic Pima from New Mexico and combed organic white cotton from Texas
Manufacturing Information: Spun and knit in North Carolina
Where to purchase: Vreseis Limited
Cost: $20/ half yard = $40/ yard
By the roll wholesale is available for some styles for half the retail price. If interested in availability and quantities directly email: vreseis@icloud.com
(Garments by KOSA Arts; Farm photo by Hubbard Jones Photography)
Cloth Name: Electra Midweight Jersey Foxfibre® Colorganic®
Source: Vreseis
Farm Location: New Mexico and Arizona – Organically grown
Fabric Type:
• 4.8 oz, Midweight jersey, knit on a jacquard machine which allows patterns to be realized in the production itself.
• The fabric is 32” wide (very little cutting is required to make a very simple tunic)
• Brown cotton is “Coyote” grown in New Mexico in 2017
• Green cotton is “Palo Verde” grown in Arizona in 1995
• Organic white acala cotton used in blending was grown in New Mexico as well
Manufacturing Information: Spun and knit in North Carolina
Where to purchase: Vreseis Limited
Cost: $14/ half yard = $28/ yard
(Above photo by Paige Green Photography; Garments by KOSA Arts)
Cloth Name: 8oz Medium Brown Woven Twill Foxfibre® Colorganic®
Source: Vreseis
Fiber Source: Texas High Plains and New Mexico – Organically grown
Fabric Type:
• 60” wide, slightly sanded on the white side, left alone on the Colorganic® side.
•The warp is organic white cotton from the Texas High Plains, and the weft is Vreseis’ “Coyote” brown cotton blended with organic white cotton from New Mexico
Manufacturing Information: Carded, spun, woven and finished in North Carolina
Where to purchase: Vreseis Limited
Cost: $20/ half yard = $40/ yard
By the roll wholesale is available for half the retail price. If interested in availability and quantities directly email: vreseis@icloud.com
Cloth Name: Ombré Plaid Foxfibre® Colorganic®
Source: Vreseis
Farm Location: Alvarez Farms, NM – Organically grown
Fabric Type:
• It is a 5.3 oz twill lightly sanded on one side that is woven 100 epi and 100 ppi, composed of extremely fine single yarns.
• 60” wide
• Cotton varieties are: Sea island (white cotton); Vreseis’ “Sea Green” (green cotton); Vreseis’ “Coyote” (brown cotton)
Manufacturing Information: Spun and woven and finished in Japan by Taishoboseki and Toban Textiles
Where to purchase: Vreseis Limited
Cost: $33.5/ half yard = $67/ yard
By the roll wholesale is available for half the retail price. If interested in availability and quantities directly email: vreseis@icloud.com
Cloth Name: Sea Island (Desert type) Warp 4oz Woven Lawn Fabric Foxfibre® Colorganic® – Various styles
Source: Vreseis
Farm Location: New Mexico – Organically grown
Fabric Type:
• Plain weave
• 46.5” wide
• 4 oz lawn fabric
• The Sea Island cotton variety used for the warp in this fabric was classically bred by the late Dr Carl Roberts in the 1980’s and ‘90’s from Sea Island variety Montserrat, specifically for the Mesilla Valley in New Mexico where it has been kept in organic production since.
• Various styles available
– White – The weft of the white option is also this Sea Island desert variety.
– Brown – The brown option has a weft composed of Foxfibre®️ Colorganic®️ “Coyote” brown blended with Pima
– Green raw – The green weft options are composed of Vreseis’ “Sea Green” variety blended with the Sea Island; Raw is reactive to acids, bases, and light
– Green mordanted in iron – The green weft options are composed of Vreseis’ “Sea Green” variety blended with the Sea Island; The green color is fixed and has a grey cast (available at wholesale by roll)
Manufacturing Information: Spun, woven and finished by Taishoboseki in Japan
Where to purchase: Vreseis Limited
Cost: $20-21/ half yard = $40-42/ yard
By the roll wholesale is available for some styles for half the retail price. If interested in availability and quantities directly email: vreseis@icloud.com
Cloth Name: California Cloth Foundry – French Terry (Natural & Bio-White)
Source: California Cloth Foundry
Fiber Source: California Cleaner Cotton™
Fabric Type:
• 14 oz
• Cut & Sew Knit
• 72-74” Width
• Available in “Bio-White” (H2O2 only, no optic brighteners) & “Natural”
• PFD (prepared for dye)
Manufacturing Information: Milled in North & South Carolinas; Fabric circular knit, finished/scour & framed by California Cloth Foundry in Los Angeles.
Where to purchase: California Cloth Foundry at lydia@clothfoundry.com or info@clothfoundry.com.
Cost: $38/ yard (Natural), or $40/ yard (Bio-White), includes handling with minimum 3 yards. Inquire about 1/2 yard of coordinating rib.
Order swatches here.
Cloth Name: California Cloth Foundry – Twill (Natural & Bio-White)
Source: California Cloth Foundry
Fiber Source: Texas Organic Cotton
Fabric Type:
• 9.5 oz
• Ringspun cotton twill
• 57/58” Width
• Available in “Bio-White” & “Natural”
Manufacturing Information: Milled and finished in North & South Carolinas
Where to purchase: Fibershed Learning Center (for “Natural”) and California Cloth Foundry (for bolts) at lydia@clothfoundry.com or info@clothfoundry.com.
Cost: Wholesale (rolls) $25.50/ yard; 5+ yards Custom Cut Retail $51/ yard
Samples: Order a swatch kit here
