Welcome!

2019 was a year of transition at Ecouture. I achieved my goal of moving away from mass produced scarves and shawls. I have started to work with a co-op of weavers in India, mostly women who are widowed or divorced and socially disenfranchised as a result. I am able to order materials to my specifications and receive runs of 25 or 50 pieces. I am thrilled to be working with them!

I am in 2020 I will be offering scarves and shawls in a new range of dimensions and materials including - WOOL, WOOL/SILK, WOOL/SILK/CASHMERE, SILK/LINEN, ORGANIC COTTON, and several new styles of 100% SILK. I am throlled to share these new products with you as exquisite bases for my botanical contact prints, indigo and natural dyed shibori.

Please contact me for more information on any of the products listed below, I am happy to send photos and more information. Click-through online sales are not available due to changing merchandise availability and the fact that each piece is one of a kind. (I can’t photograph them all!)

All products are available at Ecouture Textile Studio and Makers’ Market, 30 Bagaduce Road, Brooksville, Maine from mid-May through October and at Fine Craft Shows throughout New England and beyond.

2020 Fine Craft Shows

Spring CraftMorristown, Morristown, NJ - March 27-29, 2020

Spring Crafts at Lyndhurst, Tarrytown, NY - May 1-3, 2020

Most 2020 show applications are still being considered by the juries, but please find below a selection of shows where I have exhibited my work:

Maine Crafts Guild Shows, Bar Harbor, Brunswick, and Belfast, ME

Common Ground Country Fair, Unity, ME

Portland Fine Craft, Portland, ME

Paradise City Northampton, MA and Marlboro, MA

Art Providence, Providence, RI

CraftWestport, Westport, CT

Merino Jersey Cowl

Red oak and crimson Norway maple. Cowl 12" wide, lengths vary

Crepe de Chine Scarf, detail

Beaked hazel leaves, coreopsis moonbeam, geranium 'Calliope' flowers

Crepe de Chine Scarf, detail

Staghorn sumac, crimson Norway maple and red oak leaves.

Organic Merino Jersey Cowl, Detail

Coreopsis 'Moonbeam', golden rod, Northern Crabgrass seeds, black walnut leaves

Each print is entirely unique!

Black walnut leaves

Black walnut leaves and staghorn sumac berries on habotai silk shawl

Detail: Crimson Norway Maple leaf and Bracken Fern on Habotai Silk Scarf

Clothing - skirts, tunics $135-$850. Skirts - A-line bias-cut silk/linen suiting with shaped waistband and side zipper; A-line organic merino jersey or organic cotton jersey. Fitted tunics/dresses: silk/linen suiting or crepe de chine. Other designs and silk dresses are bespoke.

Silk Tunic and Nuno Felt Bridal Shawl

Habotai Silk printed with silver maple and tufted bindweed.

Bias-Cut Skirt Fabric

55% Silk / 45% Linen Suiting printed with Crimson Norway maple leaves, red swamp maple samaras, bracken fern, Chocolate cosmos flowers and magenta marguerites.

Fitted Tunic / Dress

55% Silk / 45% Linen Suiting printed with Crimson Norway maple leaves, bracken fern, Chocolate cosmos flowers and magenta marguerites.

Cotton/Soy Jersey for Skirts

Printed with crimson Norway maple leaves and samaras, bracken fern, red oak leaves

Bias cut skirt with shaped waistband, side zipper, size 4

Custom order: 55% Silk / 45% Linen Suiting printed with Crimson Norway maple leaves, red swamp maple samaras, bracken fern, Chocolate cosmos flowers and magenta marguerites.

Merino Jersey Fabric for Skirts and Tops

Printed with coreopsis 'Mercury Rising, black locust leaves, red threadleaf Japanese maple, staghorn sumac berries

Cotton / Soy Jersey Skirt Fabric

Red threadleaf Japanese maple, northern willowherb seed heads, huckleberry leaves, chrysanthemum flowers, staghorn sumac berries

Merino Jersey Fabric for Skirts and Tops

Red threadleaf Japanese maple, false indigo leaves, cotinus (smokebush) leaves, staghorn sumac berries, coreopsis moonbeam

Napkins $80/set of 4 (100% linen or organic cotton) 20" x 20"

Table Runners and Hangings - starting at $75-$350

Pillows - 16” x 16”, 20” x 20”, organic cotton, silk, silk/linen eco-prints, overlap closure, $85-$210

Silk broadcloth printed with bracken fern, oak leaves, crimson Norway maple, red swamp maple samaras, bordered with Dupioni silk

Paper - notecards $20, Art Box and Wall Art $10 - $55

Quilting fabric - Organic Cotton 200 Ct. Muslin $15-$20 per piece ($60/yard)

Indigo and Indigo Shibori

Silk scarves and Shawls - Habotai Silk (8" x 72", 14" x 72", 22" x 90") and Crepe de Chine (14" x 72", 22" x 90") $55-$165

Linen Cowls, infinity design, fringed, handmade from handkerchief weight yardage $65-$125

Indigo Shibori Hangings / Runners - starting at $95

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Karamatsu stitched shibori hanging, 36" x 36". Permanent Collection Fuller Craft Museum

Indigo Shibori Shirts - linen shirts in a range of styles and sizes with stitched and bound indigo shibori, $150-$275

Indigo Shibori Pillow Covers - 16” x 16”, 20” x 20”, 26” x 26” 100% cotton or linen, overlap closure - $85-$210

Indigo Shibori Quilting Fabric $12-$50 per piece

Yarn - Indigo and Traditional Natural Dyes - price dependent on yarn style

Woolen yarn dyed with indigo, madder root, cochineal (insects), lac, osage orange sawdust, weld, logwood, sappan wood, black walnut and cutch. (See also natural dyeing classes - 40-60 colors from natural dyes, 2-4 day classes)

Liturgical Stoles - starting at $175

Custom yardage and clothing on request (please contact me for further details)