In the News

People are talking and writing about TAMMACHAT Natural Textiles in the media and on the Web. Read some of these stories about us and by us.

Local Firm to Aid Flood Relief Efforts
South Shore Now, Nov. 23, 2011

Give a gift of conscience: Fair to feature sweatshop-free handmade gifts
Yvette d'Entremont, Halifax NewsNet, Nov. 1, 2011

The TAMMACHAT Organic Silk Scarf
Review on An Uncommon Thread

Women Who Weave
Guest post by Ellen Agger on blog StyleSubstanceSoul

What is a Fibre Fest?
The Light, Aug. 17, 2011

Exhibit, sale featuring silks and cottons Aug. 27-28
Truro Daily News, Aug. 11, 2011

Weaving Beautiful Cloth: Fair trade organic silk in Northeast Thailand
Text and photos by Ellen Agger, A Distinctive Style Magazine, Winter 2011

Threads of Beauty: Changing Laotian Women Weavers' Lives One Thread at a Time
By Pamela Ravasio, Hand/Eye Magazine, Dec. 9, 2010

Women's Work Bringing Worlds Closer Together
Annapolis County Spectator, Sept. 23, 2010

Textile Talk in The Falls
Truro Daily News, Aug. 20, 2010

More Than Fair
Text by Alleson Kase, photos by Ellen Agger. Fashion Takes Action, June 2010

Weaving Beautiful Cloth
Story by Ellen Agger, Daisy Green Magazine, Spring 2010

Weaving Women Together: The birth of Tammachat
SAQA Journal, Spring 2010 (Studio Art Quilt Associates)

From Asia With Love
EF Magazine, Feb. 6, 2010

Fashioning Fair Trade
The New Brunswick Beacon, YouTube feature, St. Thomas University Journalism, Collin Hodd and Lily Boisson

Silk threads tie textiles to children's book project
NovaNewsNow.com, Nov. 1, 2009

Show brings attention to fair trade, eco-friendly goods
The Aquinian, St. Thomas University's Student Newspaper, Oct. 21, 2009

Making a difference a world away
The Daily Gleaner, Oct. 19, 2009

Work worth working for
The Clipper, May 19, 2009

A taste of Thailand comes to town
South Shore Now/Bridgewater Bulletin/Lunenburg Progress Enterprise, May 19, 2009

Live at 5, CTV Atlantic News – Take 5 with Liz Rigney
May 1, 2009

Green + Fair Trade = Sustainable
by TAMMACHAT co-founder Alleson Kase, Fashion Takes Action, launched on Earth Day, April 22, 2009

Social fabric: Tammachat combats poverty in Southeast Asia by bringing distinctive textiles to Halifax’s shoppers
Halifax Magazine, April/May 2009

100% SILK. 100% ART. Thai silk especially for quilters
The Canadian Quilter, Spring 2009

Nova Scotian business brings Fair Trade Textiles and Ethical Fashion to Wolfville
The Athenaeum, Acadia University, November 2008

Tammachat event natural approach to fairly traded textiles
The Advertiser & NovaNewsNOW.com, Oct. 30, 2008

About...real people remarkable stories
A 4-minute video interview with TAMMACHAT co-founder Alleson Kase, photographs by co-founder Ellen Agger on southshorenow.ca.

Take the silk road to market
The Telegram, June 4, 2008

Fair-trade fare to be offered at show
Bridgewater Bulletin and Lunenburg Progress Enterprise, May 6, 2008

Building a business with a conscience
The Chronicle Herald, April 28, 2008

Thanks to Lighthouse Publishing of Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada for giving us permission to include the article above, Social Fabric, about TAMMACHAT Natural Textiles and our work with weaving co-operatives in Northeast Thailand. You can also download a PDF version for printing. (Note: This large file is 4.4 Mb).

The Chester Clipper also featured our work in their Sept. 18, 2007 Arts Column: Travellers' Yarns and Social Fabric on South Shore. Download the 1 Mb PDF file.