Dating back many centuries, Ajrakh block-printing is a traditional Indian craft that uses vivid natural dyes and wooden blocks to print unique patterns on cotton fabric. The process is elaborate and laborious, requiring numerous stages of printing, dyeing, and washing to achieve the gorgeous designs.
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Artist and designer Katelyn takes you through the process of developing one of the original prints from our Spring/Summer 2023 Collection!
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Maureen, our founder and Creative Director, gives a behind the scenes peek of our latest photo shoot on a farm in Montana. It was all about beauties, blooms, and community connections.
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Field Five Flowers is a woman-owned flower and floral design business outside of Missoula, MT. Tracy and Bethany's journeys as business owners require creativity, boundaries, and a most of all: a passion for plants, parenthood, produce, and petals.
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Our approach to slow living this year is starting with an intention to spend quality time with ourselves and to value rest and relaxation. Here's what we're checking out.
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Finding long-lasting clothing is one of the easiest ways to shop sustainably. Explore our selection of styles for the pre-fall season.
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Our spring collection has more styles in solid fabrics than ever before! Cotton slubs, linen blends, lightweight denim, stretchy ribbed knits, and more.
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The monstera leaf has been a stable trend and a botanical motif welcomed by plant lovers everywhere. Our Spring/Summer 2022 Collection has a few styles that will satisfy green thumbs and greenery enthusiasts equally.
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In need of a sustainable solution for surplus fabric from a few collections back, we utilized it for several styles this spring!
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Our Style Snapshot this week: Adjustable Waists. This season, we're all about relaxed fits, fewer zippers, and comfortable dresses that can be worn belted or loose.
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All Mata Traders jewelry comes through Tara Projects in Delhi, India. Recognized as a Guaranteed Fair Trade member of the WFTO, Tara, which stands for “Trade Alternative Reform Action,” is the oldest organization we partner with, having begun in 1966.
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The traditional Indian textiles you see in many Mata designs are the result of our partnership with Indigene Craft, a fair trade label built on the importance of storytelling and celebrating the essence of the makers.
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Creative Handicrafts is a fair trade organization that produces Mata Traders apparel in Mumbai, India. Their dedication to community development and providing a supportive environment for hundreds of women makes our longstanding partnership even more meaningful.
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If you love our hand embroidery, you have our fair trade partner Sadhna to thank for much of it. A passionate and supportive community and workplace for women in Udaipur and Delwara, India, Sadhna's membership has grown to include over 600 women.
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A supporter of family-owned artisan printing and weaving units, this WFTO Guaranteed Fair Trade Member also provides goods, skills training, and development programs to marginalized groups, especially women.
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