Dungeness

2011-5

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Dungeness
Dungeness
Dungeness
Dungeness
Dungeness


About

Dungeness is a lively twill that is great for upholstery, or for anything else you'd like to use it for. Made entirely of organic cotton, it has cotton's softness and matte appearance and can be washed at will. A happy blend of softness, safety and security for your family. The fabric is GOTS certified through weaving.


Eco Facts

Made from American-grown organic cotton, the fabric was woven at the first (and still only) mill in the United States that produces fabrics to the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS). Our next production run of Dungeness may not be an All American made product because this one and only GOTS certified mill in the US has given up its expensive GOTS certification due to lack of demand. Help us create demand! Dungeness is an organic FABRIC, not just a fabric made of organic fibers. Learn what that means.


The Fabric Name

We named this fabric after the crab, because, besides loving its sweet meat (and feeling guiltless about eating it because it's a “Best Choice" according to Seafood Watch published by the Monterey Bay Aquarium), the Dungeness crab (Metcarcinus magister), is native to North America.


Uses

upholstery, drapery, top of bed, and apparel

Specifications

  • abrasion test results: 25,000 Wyzenbeek*
  • care: Wash in cool water and dry on low heat; shrinkage is 8% in length and none in width. In hot temperatures, Dungeness will shrink a bit over 10% in length the first time you wash it in hot.
  • certification: GOTS certified through weaving; Oeko-Tex 100 dyes
  • content: 100% organic cotton
  • weight: 10 oz yd2 / 339 gm m2
  • width: 59" / 150 cm



Why choose us?

We've done the work for you

Over the years, Patty and Leigh Anne dedicated tons of time researching ethical and sustainable production—how it’s done, and what the implications are to us (and to all living things)  and to our planet.  They even put it in their mission statement, a goal “to change the way textiles are being made” – kind of a reach for such an upstart little company, right?Â