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jane palmer

Straightpin Chicago, IL

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Became obsessed with textiles as a youngster

Received not only one, but yes, two degrees in textiles

Started Noon Solar with my friend, which is a business that integrates flexible solar panels into bags to charge up cell phones and iPods

Started naturally dying fabrics for Noon Solar because we couldn't find them anywhere else

Started Noon Design Studio with same friend, in order to naturally dye fabrics for other designers, artists and generally rad people who also love them

And am now taking on Noon Design Studio as a personal and solo project because I love it.

And that, my friends, is what is called full circle, or in my amazing world of eco-textiles, a closed-loop cycle.

Thanks for all the support, I am so grateful to be given a chance to do what I love to do!

  1. noondesignstudio.com
  2. noonsolar.com

Projects by jane palmer (1)

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Noon Design Studio: The only natural dye production house in the US

by jane palmer
Noon Design turns the beauty of nature into naturally dyed fabrics for designers and artists by using new technology. Think pomegranate and walnuts.
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Recent Posts by jane palmer

  1. Janekickstarter

    jane palmer
    Posted project update #5

    yippeee!!!

    Hi Everyone!

    Thanks to all of you who pledged towards this dream. We did it!

    The funding cycle will be over tonight at midnight, but I have already reached my goal with your incredible support.

    I am guessing that I will have all of your email addresses after the funding cycle ends so I can start to talk to all of you about the gifts. I have already dyed the patches and they look great. I'm in the process of sampling some totes for you to choose from, and am sewing the scarves and rest of the totes. I am excited to be able to give back and send out the items.

    For those of you that I get to dye something custom, start dreaming and let me know! Some examples are duvet covers, pillow covers, shower curtains, a few yards of fabric for your own garment or project...

    In my life, I've been continuing to dye for Frei Designs in Chicago, have heard from several other amazing designers that I'm hoping to sample and do production for, have been playing and experimenting with dye to learn more and more about this craft, will be dying the shibori and yardage for the Chicago teen fashion class and have been really happy.

    Thank you so much again! I'll be in touch later this week.

    Big heart and xo to all of you,

    Jane

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    Project: Noon Design Studio: The only natural dye production house in the US
  2. Janekickstarter

    jane palmer
    Posted project update #4

    updates

    Hi Everyone!

    I can't believe that my goal is 98% complete! I am so grateful and thankful to all the support.

    This week I taught an After School Matters class downtown. This program is run by the city and it's for Chicago high school students interested in the arts. They get to choose between music, pottery, fashion, painting and a whole bunch of other classes to learn real skills and try it out. They also get paid for their time in the class!

    I taught a group of 21 students in the fashion class. Each student received some yardage of undyed, 100% cotton. They then designed their own textiles using Shibori pattern methods. We will naturally dye the fabric next week either purple or charcoal grey--their choice. They will make their garments and have a fashion show at the Museum of Contemporary Art with their shibori/naturally dyed textiles in April!

    They were a great group of kids. Many of them didn't even take their 15 minute break because they were having so much fun. I can't wait to see what they make.

    I have also been busy making as many color swatches as I can for prospective clients. It's been a really fun process that I'm learning tons from.

    Thanks again!! This is so exciting.

    Jane

    Project: Noon Design Studio: The only natural dye production house in the US
  3. Janekickstarter

    jane palmer
    Posted project update #3

    updates!

    Hello!
    It's been a great time for natural dyes and my project recently. Kickstarter has been a pretty amazing platform to not only raise money for this project, but to also get the word out to other designers who have been looking for something like this. Yay! Thanks Kickstarter!

    Coming up...

    I will be teaching a natural dye class to twenty budding teenage fashion designers through the After School Matters Program in Chicago in the next few weeks. They are going to learn the importance of natural dye, along with some Shibori techniques to create patterns. We will then dye their fabrics for their next project. Fun!

    I also want to update everyone about Maresa Patterson's dress for her StellaLove line. The dress we created fabrics for is named elizabeth on the stellalove.com website. You can also see it here!

    We did two colors, logwood grey and a charcoal, that she mixed into a two-tone dress. It's really wearable but also totally unique. I love the big pockets. Check her out!

    Thanks so much to everyone who has pledged to this project. I can't believe the support!

    xo,
    Jane

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    Project: Noon Design Studio: The only natural dye production house in the US
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    jane palmer
    commented on a project

    Hi Lumi! I am also very happy to share some textile love on this site--as well as to know about you! Your printing looks gorgeous. Best, Jane
    Project: Lumi Co. – A NEW TEXTILE PRINTING TECHNOLOGY
  5. Janekickstarter

    jane palmer
    Posted project update #2

    Frei Designs Indigo dresses in progress

    Here are Annie's dresses dipped in Indigo and drying. They look beautiful!

    She'll be sewing in the zippers and finishing the arm holes this week, steaming them and then off they go to stores around the country.

    Next on deck is Maresa Patterson's new project stellalove.com. She is making gorgeous dresses with our fabrics dyed in logwood grey, pomegranate, walnuts and myrobalan. I'll post pics later this week!

    xo,
    Jane

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  6. Janekickstarter

    jane palmer
    Posted project update #1

    thank you and indigo dye

    Thank you to everyone who has already pledged for my project. I can't believe it and am so honored to receive your help and support. I can't wait to return the favor by giving back.

    I also wanted to say that I just picked up an order last night for indigo dyed dresses for Frei Designs.
    http://www.freidesigns.com/index.html

    Annie, designer of Frei, makes beautiful, urban and stylish garments and owns the really quite amazing boutique, Workshop, at 18th and Halsted in Chicago. Stop by if you get a chance. I'll be dropping off the indigo dresses later this week and will post a pic soon.

    Indigo is one of my favorite dyes. The dye bath is a bright yellow/green color. After the fabric has been immersed, it comes out of the bath yellow and slowly starts to turn blue through oxidation. It's like watching a magic show, or a photographic process. The fabric is dipped many times, say 12 times, over as many days to achieve a dark blue color. It's beautiful.

    Thanks again and I'll be updating as we go!

    Jane

    Project: Noon Design Studio: The only natural dye production house in the US