Please pardon our dust while we work on some changes to our website!! You may find pages with incomplete information or broken links. We're working to get them updated! KITS And Mark-Ups Now Available!!!! for what they believed in 150 years ago or tracing long gone family members changes our life experience. For B. & B. Tart part of that connection lives within our latest endeavor to provide historical accuracy in our cloth. B. & B. Tart is proud to announce that their cloth now contains Carolina Confederate Cotton. Why do we call it Carolina Confederate Cotton? The cotton in our cloth was grown on land which has been in our family since the mid 1700’s. The 14th and the 20th corps of Sherman’s army passed over this land. There is record of skirmishes across the very fields on which this cotton is grown, there is even a journal entry of a wounded union soldier being carried in a blanket by two confederates across this field during Sherman’s march. Just as cotton from this land would have been used to support the cause of the Confederacy we use this cotton in our reproduction cloth. We meticulously trace the cotton from our family field through the ginning process where the seeds are removed. The bale of cotton that comes from this field we personally take to two different facilities in North Carolina who card and ring spin the cotton (a process which closely mimics the process by which cotton was spun into yarn in the 1860’s) into yarn. By contrast cheaper yarn available on the market is made by a modern process known as open end spinning which involves a vortex and a vacuum. We then carry it to a North Carolina Weaver who warps the cotton and weaves the cloth to our specifications. For dying and finishing of these fabrics we then take it to our own dying and finishing facilities where it is traditionally dyed and finished. Run through a fire heated dye vat powered by hand crank. The fabric is even dried on fences which was a common period practice. As a point of interest Sherman’s army marched on the road bed adjacent to the land where we dye our fabrics and is also a stone’s throw away from a lone confederate grave. Other producers may not care where their fiber comes from (alot comes from Pakistan and India) we know where ours comes from and are very proud of that fact. Other producers either have no idea how their yarn is made or only care to have it made as cheaply as possible. We give time and effort to ensuring our cotton is spun into yarns that look as much as possible like the originals on a microscopic scale. Other producers think nothing of where their fabric is woven. We boast that this cloth is Southern made as it was 150 years ago. Other producers employ modern stainless steal equipment to dye their goods we use period correct time honored methods and materials to recreate correct colors on fabric. Despite all the time and effort we put into our cloth we offer this cloth at competitive prices with other producers. Manufactured with pride in the CSA. Carefully Crafted and dyed with Southern Pride! Thank you for considering our product we hope to share a piece of our pride with you.
Ben Tart
Beth Tart E-mail: befausell@yahoo.com Phone : 919-802-1702 Mailing address: B & B Tart 802 Vandora Ave. Garner, NC 27529 VISA and Master card accepted Woolen Jean on hand and continually available by order. Just contact us for your needs. |
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