What’s so special about Thistle Hill?After all we can get it made in………

TEXTILE DESIGNERS WORKING WITH

AN AMERICANWEAVING MILL

TO PRODUCE CUSTOM FABRIC?NO WAY?

WHO WE ARE We make custom woven goods from idea to installation

WE WEAVE CUSTOM CARPET, FURNISHING FABRICS, DRAPERY, SUITING, TRIM…

WE BEGAN BY DOING A LOT OF HISTORIC REPRODUCTION

THEN WE STARTED WORKING WITH THE MOVIES

AND WITH DESIGNERS

ON ALL SORTS OF PROJECTS, FROM SUITING TO BED COVERS TO HANDBAGS

WHAT TURNS US ON?

• Meeting challenges

• Developing new fabrics

• Thinking projects thru from start to finish

• Being environmentally conscious

• Getting to work with creative people

• Doing things that we are told cant be done

• And making it work economically

GREG LAVOI’S IRENE COLLECTION

WHY WORK WITH US? (THE GOOD THINGS)

We create hand samples with many options We do short runs (20 yards) We work closely with you to develop a product We advise you how to make an idea commercially

viable We are weavers with great loom capacity

BUT YOU NEED TO KNOW (THE TOUGH THINGS):

We are expensive It takes a long time You must be prepared to commit to 1-2 years of

development before you have a product to work with

WHY WOVEN?

BECAUSE WOVEN IS THE LUXURY END OF THE SPECTRUM

More luxurious than knittedOr feltedOr printed even on silk…Because it has many more optionsIt is more expensive so……If you are spending the time and money to develop

custom you are already in the expensive market……

AND IF YOU WANT TO BE HAUTE, YOU WANT WOVEN

HOW IT WORKS

• You have an idea

• We ask for your absolute best list of parameters

• We discuss fibers and yarns

• We order appropriate yarns or have them made

• We weave hand samples

• You choose some version

• We weave more hand samples

• Until we get it right and ready for a short run….

FIBER

• We work in natural fibers

• We work with Metallics

• We work with novelty yarns

• We are able to have special yarns developed

• Natural fibers can be changed greatly in the finishing process,

CUSTOM DYEING AND STOCK COLORS

• Stock colors are usually less expensive but not always

• We have access to custom dyeing on almost all of our yarns

• Organic dyeing is prohibitive

WEAVING CAPACITY

• Multishaft dobby designs

• Jacquard with limited density options

• Some four shuttle capability

• Some with two shuttle capability

OUR EQUIPMENT IS UNIQUE TODAY IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY

• Re purposed looms

• Using old technology that is more adaptable

• We are innovative “short order cooks”

• We make the looms do what they need to do

• We have good welders, and lots of parts!