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Folkwear Year in Review: 2024

December 30, 2024 1 Comment

2024 was a full and busy year for Folkwear! Below are some highlights from the year. But our biggest challenge as well as our biggest growth came at about the same time. Hurricane Helene hit our area and devasted it tremendously. We were very lucky to have survived as the neighborhood around our business location was flooded and destroyed. We had just moved to this new location as we expanded our business by buying a printer and folding machine. And Folkwear had just purchased The Green Pepper and moved it from Oregon to our place in Asheville, NC. All these events happened within a few weeks of each other in August/September. Read more about these changes here. What a whirlwind! We are so grateful to be on our feet and running both companies. And we are printing our own patterns now!

We absolutely love The Green Pepper, and have enjoyed running Folkwear alongside it. If you feel like helping with hurricane relief, there is still a huge need in our area, and you can find more information here.

photo of the entrance to Folkwear with a banner at the top and a white dress in the back ground with a lot of cardboard boxes

Folkwear re-released several older patterns . . . 303 English Cottage Kitchen, 234 Cameos, and the 246 Calico Day Dress.

pen and ink illustration of a woman and girl in a kitchen wearing aprons and holding dishes

pen and ink illustration of 4 women wearing camisoles

pen and ink illustration of scene of two women in dresses in a kitchen

We put out one completely new pattern, and we love it! 280 Resort Kaftan. And a free pattern - Origami Bag.

woman standing in a door frame wearing a green and black leafy floor length kaftan

Folkwear traveled to Guatemala and Italy this year!

woman standing in a yellow dress in front of a textile stall in Guatemala

Wearing my 121 Guatemalan Gabacha in Guatemala.

Riomaggiore, Italy

We created several sewing hacks for our patterns that were a lot of fun: Upsized the 106 Turkish Coat and made it as an unlined coat, made the 229 Sailor Pants into a skirt (part 1 and 2), Added front pockets to the 229 Sailor Pants, made the 250 knickers into pants (part 1 and 2), and I made a modern 246 Calico Day Dress.

woman wearing a blue long skirt and white tee in front of a grey wall.

Esi wearing her long skirt made from the 229 Sailor Pants.

I also made a kilt from our pattern, which was a great learning experience!

man standing outside facing away and wearing a blue and green kilt

We are now working on our goals for 2025, and excited to bring more Folkwear patterns, tutorials, and fabrics to you. What are your sewing goals for 2025? What suggestions do you have for Folkwear in 2025?