<div>QUICK UPDATE: people are donating items as well as money. I am still needing more fabric, yarn and sewing supplies sent to PO Box 3001, Asheville, NC 28802
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<div>MY STORY: I started a business called Cardinal Designs. It is located in the River Arts District of Asheville, NC, and was totally destroyed in Hurricane Helene. Everything I worked for over the past 4 years was buried under 11 feet of water and 4 inches of toxic mud, so it was all ruined. I lost all of my equipment, natural dyes, and most of my inventory except what I had put in my car before the storm.
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<div>The grand total of my items when I calculated it was $45,000, including some irreplaceable quilts, weavings, and memorabilia.
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<div>Most people here have a tragic story, so I understand there is much need. <strong>I would like to get back on my feet. I was contributing to a more non-toxic and eco-friendly world through natural dyes, clothing, classes I was teaching, and people adored my work.</strong> So to help me is to help others directly and indirectly.
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<div>My video shows the magical process of natural indigo oxidizing on fabric, which is what I mostly worked with. But I also made and sold natural dye kits with 6 colors, natural dye seed kits with 9 species of seeds, shirts (adult and children’s), tea towels, napkins, bandanas, yarn, fabric, and more.
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<div>I will use this money to purchase replacement equipment: adult and child tee shirts, natural dyes, stencils, marketing materials like stickers, business cards and posters to replace what I lost). As well as a tee shirt press, Square credit card processor and iPad for my art shows, displays like clothing racks, baskets, and wooden displays for products I make.
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<div>It is a lot because it was a total loss. Our building had no buffer between itself and the river, so we sustained a direct hit of Mother Nature.
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<div>Thank you for anything you can do to support sustainable fiber arts, natural dyes and textiles.
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<div>I will rebuild with your help!!!
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<div>Jennifer
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