Happy 4th of July!

Almost makes me want to sew for real!

From Alabama Chanin: DIYAmerican Flag Quilt Kit - Make your own Flag Quilt from 2 layers of 100% Organic Cotton. Follow technique instructions from the Alabama Stitch Book and Alabama Studio Style. Kit comes cut, painted and ready to sew with all materials. Finished size: 103" X 62"

SCENE: Alabama Chanin in NYC 5/14, 15, 19

14 May 2010 - 9 January 2011

Alabama Chanin @ "Why Design Now?"

National Design Triennial

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum

Smithsonian Institution
2 East 91st Street
New York NY 10128

15 May 2010

Natalie Chanin @ The New York Public Library

2 -4 pm

Join us @ the beautiful New York Public Library for their Crafternoon Series
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at 42nd and Fifth Avenue
New York City

With an Alabama Studio Style Book Signing

Open to the Public

19 May 2010

Cooper-Hewitt Design Lecture Series

Natalie Chanin Lecture & Alabama Studio Style Signing

6:30 PM

Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
2 East 91st Street
New York, NY 10128

Register At Cooper-Hewitt

BOOK: Alabama Studio Style

In Alabama Studio Style, Natalie Chanin, founder and creative director of the acclaimed fashion and lifestyle company Alabama Chanin, takes readers on a compelling journey of creativity, technique, and inspiration. Picking up where the celebrated Alabama Stitch Book left off, Alabama Studio Style is a craft and lifestyle book all in one.

Here Chanin shares many more of her stitching, stenciling, and beading methods and applies them to twenty extraordinary clothing and home décor projects, each made with organic or recycled materials and designed with “haute homespun” flair. Along with the company’s celebrated camisole and tank dresses, the featured projects include skirts, scarves, pillows, woven chair seats, and a stenciled scrap-wood table. Rounding out the book are recipes for three delicious party menus. Alabama Studio Style shows us that true style encompasses not only what we wear, how we decorate, and what we eat, but also how we care for our environment.

About the Author

Natalie Chanin is the author of Alabama Stitch Book (STC) and founder and head designer of Alabama Chanin, a fashion/lifestyle company that promotes sustainable style and design. She has been recognized for her work by the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum, Alabama Council of the Arts, and Aid to Artisans. (source)

SCENE: Bama heads to Marfa

October 10, 2009

8am-midnight : El Cosmico, Marfa, Texas

Art Show featuring Alabama Chanin and Museum of Wonder

SHOP: Alabama Chanin @ Barney's

Fashion's Night Out

September 10, 2009
6 - 8 pm

Alabama Chanin @ Barneys New York

Join Natalie and all of us @ Alabama Chanin for a night of music, beverages, dress-up, conversation, play and sewing on the 5th floor @

Barneys New York.
660 Madison Avenue

New York NY 10065

WISH LIST: Alabama Chanin Weekend Workshop

Alabama Studio Weekend Workshop @ the Factory

March 5 - 7, 2009

@ The Factory - Florence, Alabama

Sewing and Community with Natalie Chanin and the Alabama Chanin Team

This workshop allows participants to work directly in our Studio @ The Factory in Florence, Alabama with Natalie, our in-house team, patterns & stencils. Participants create a garment or project of their choice from our Alabama Stitch Book or from our archives.

Materials, patterns, tips, treats and lots of stories included. This workshop is intended for participants with some basic hand-sewing experience.

**Note that more complicated pieces are extremely time consuming and most likely cannot be finished over the course of a weekend. We strive to offer a range of options that can be honed to every skill level and desire to provide a positive and rewarding experience.

$1125 includes materials plus welcome cocktail on Friday night, lunch on Saturday and Sunday morning brunch.

Workshops are limited to 12 participants.

Register Here

OF NOTE: Alabama Chanin in NYC

Natalie Chanin is in NYC today to present her new collection to editors and buyers. As always, a transformative and inspiring experience.

The Songbirds

Alabama Chanin

Fall /Winter 2009 Presentation for Press & Buyers:

"The Songbirds"

Celebrating with song and substenance on

Friday, February 20, 2009

Noon - 3pm in NYC

With a special performance by Allison Moore