Threads of Community Blog
Blogs that weave together artisan stories, cultural heritage, sustainability, and customer connections, showing how each handmade piece ties people, tradition, and care into a shared global fabric.
Pepper Chicken
Ingredients: 4 tsp vegetable oil 2 medium sized onion finely chopped or ground 1 lb Bone-in chicken thighs, sk...
The Ancient Art of Batik Block Printing
Learn more about the ancient art of batik block printing — how artisans use traditional techniques of wax-resist dyei...
Meet Uma Sanjeev Vartha
"Becoming a supervisor meant changing my personality and being more firm. Disputes can happen among the women but bei...
Shramik Mahila Mandal
Shramik Mahila Mandal Established - 2015 The town of Nallasopara is located north of Mumbai city, approximately 5...
Rajma (Kidney Beans)
Ingredients: 150 grams (a little over ½ lb) small kidney beans or 2 cans of Red Kidney beans 4 tsp vegetable oi...
Community. Respect. Kindness.
This year I am feeling extremely grateful that I was finally able to visit the staff and artisans in India after an a...
Meet Kajal Chavan
"Working here has taught me that I'm more than just a mother and wife. And I have come to see that it's important to ...
Auditing for Best Practices
Audits of each Cooperative or Collective are conducted annually. This year they were conducted in the months of July...