UNIFORM | Block Shop Scarves
First the bad news: The new company Block Shop is already sold out of every scarf currently on offer. Now the great news: They'll be back with more of everything next month. Why I love them: Block Shop is an Indian textile company founded by sisters Lily and Hopie Stockman (one's an MFA and one's an MBA) and works with the Chhipa family of master printers based in Bagru, India, who have been hand block printing with natural dyes for over 350 years. Block Shop textiles are printed one at a time with carved wooden blocks and non-toxic vegetable dyes on the finest Indian silk-cotton blend. You can sign up for their newsletter for an email alert when the new batch comes in—I just did.
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-Emily
www.herphilly.com
Excellent article! We are linking to this great article on our website. Keep up the great writing.
http://baleenandhopalong.blogspot.com/2012/03/status-quo.html
You probably don't remember this, but when you first started Tomboy Style I sent you a link to some marvelous 60s Woolmark advertisements and a little story about my grandmother, Lois Russell, a great equestrian and nationally-ranked race car rally-driver. She was a true tomboy; my mom remembers coming home from school as a child and my grandmother was on the roof cutting a hole for the new wood-burning stove she'd installed after years of enduring a freezing kitchen. So, coming full-circle, my grandmother is very much alive in the spirit of adventure and beautiful craftsmanship that is the the soul of Block Shop.
How about that?! Thought you'd enjoy knowing the connection. Thanks for the lovely post about us, and happy New Year from Block Shop!
xoLily