Homegrown/Homespun

Homegrown/Homespun is a ground-breaking regenerative fashion project in collaboration with designer Patrick Grant, his social enterprise Community Clothing and North West England Fibreshed.

Over Spring and Summer 2021 we turned unused land in Audley, Blackburn in the town into a field of flax and woad. The flax was then harvested and retted and spun into thread which was woven live during BTB21 to create the first Homegrown/Homespun fabric in collaboration with North West England Fibreshed and Community Clothing.

This exhibition in Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery illustrated the process and the project. A short film ‘Homegrown/Homespun – Seed to Fabric’ was also produced with Blackburn born filmmaker Aaron Dunleavy.

Supported by The JJ Charitable Trust.

This project has since developed further, seeing another harvest on numerous sites as well as featuring on BBC Countryfile. We also produced a Homegrown/Homespun Kurta in 2024 which was on display at the 2024 National Festival of Making. Keep an eye on our social media channels for further updates regarding this project.