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Eco-friendly, fair trade fashion accessories & home decor
from rural Thailand & Laos

Handmade. Timeless. Helping women artisans.

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handwoven, naturally dyed silk scarf from Prae Pan Group in Thailand

Available in TAMMACHAT's Online Shop, at Fair Trade Textile Events and select stores.

It's eco-fashion. Slow fashion. Green fashion.

Blending contemporary styling with traditional skills, each piece is  exquisitely handwoven  in limited editions and coloured with sustainably produced, local natural dyes.

silk fabrics ~ silk scarves and shawls ~ wall hangings ~ silk squares for quilters and other artists ~ handbags ~ kids' sunhats ~ adult's sunhats


silk weaver at a traditional floor loom in Thailand

TRAVEL WITH US!

Visit our Travel Blog for stories from our current trip in Thailand and Laos -- Dec. 2009 to end of March 2010.

Meet the Artisans

dyeing silk with natural dyes in Thailand

Each purchase helps a woman artisan in rural Thailand or Laos celebrate and sustain her culture, family and community.

Books for Lao kids!
Visit Big Brother Mouse -- books in Laos that make literacy funFor every piece sold, we give a child in Laos their very first book from Big Brother Mouse, a pioneering publishing venture in Laos to provide children with much needed books in their own language(s).

In the News

New fabrics available in April 2010. Preview on our Flickr page.

handwoven, organic silk fabrics - order now!

SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 2010
Vancouver Fair Trade Eco-textile Sale
Our focus will be on handwoven silks. Details.

Weavers Helping Weavers is an appeal to raise money to train weavers in Laos. Learn more. Help us. Campaign ends Feb. 28, 2010.

Thanks to our customers' contributions, we've just sponsored our first Big Brother Mouse "book party" to bring books to kids in Laos! More info here.

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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.

 

TAMMACHAT books

3 books now available: Panmai, Prae Pan Group and Weaving Sustainable Communities

weaver at a traditional floor loom in Thailand

Learn about women's weaving co-ops and organic cotton production in Northeast Thailand. Photos by Ellen Agger and text by Alleson Kase. Preview books at blurb.com. To order copies, contact us.

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Ellen Agger's Social Fabric photoset Photo essay:
Social Fabric
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See Ellen Agger'sphoto essay Organic Cotton Along the Mekong Photo essay:
Weaving Sustainable
Communities
 
Photo: Fields of rice, the staple food of Southeast Asia

handcrafted • fairly traded • naturally dyed textiles
~ tammachat means natural in Thai ~

TAMMACHAT Natural Textiles
RR3, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia B0J 2E0, Canada1-902-624-0427ask(at)tammachat(dot)com
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