Montéa
Montéa
Maison Suisse · 1893

Letters from the Atelier

The Journal

Slow notes on heritage, motherhood, and the cloth that holds a childhood together.

On folding small things

Notes from the Atelier · No. 14

On folding small things

Why we still fold every blanket by hand, and what it teaches the new seamstresses on their first morning at the cutting table.

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The blanket and the drawer

Heritage · No. 11

The blanket and the drawer

A short history of the Alpenwool blanket, the mill above Interlaken, and the women who have brushed the wool twice for eighty-six years.

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Three squares of muslin

Maison · No. 9

Three squares of muslin

On the small daily ceremonies of early motherhood — first spoonfuls, sticky chins, and the cloth that is always within reach.

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