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.

Chindis: Redefining Fashion with Sustainable Creativity

Waste fabric scraps are inevitable in textile and garment production. When we cut lengths of fabric for a garment, th...

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The Power Of Embroidery

Rinky Gupta, Embroidery Artisan at Nirmaan Collective Hand embroidery is a hallmark of the MarketPlace brand, pr...

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Slow Fashion With A Purpose

MarketPlace: Handwork of India didn't set out to create a fair trade, ethically-manufactured clothing line. Our bran...

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Summer Fest 2023

We celebrated Summer Fest! The children and their parents had a ball working on all aspects, from planning and settin...

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Meet Anita Sakpal

"Voicing my opinion has been a journey for me. As a young girl I was always told to be quiet and to listen to people ...

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Meet Tasleem Alauddin Shaikh

"I think access to knowledge is the most important thing in life." " Tasleem Alauddin Shaikh EMBROIDERY ARTISAN ...

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Meet Sunita Gorad

"I joined the cooperative looking for a job, but I also found my voice." Sunita Gorad TAILOR AT SHRAMIK MAHILA MA...

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Gaining Confidence

The mission of empowering women is in MarketPlace's DNA. Economic empowerment is the beginning of it all, and a varie...

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