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A few years ago I dove into debt to be able to produce some bales of my brown cotton called "Coyote" .

I told the long story of my trepidations in the newsletter that I sent out last spring entitled "For the Love of Socks". And yet, there was something more. That I could not share then. But do today, with great happiness.

Does anyone remember the Fieldcrest Cannon sheets that were produced and sold in the early 1990's? Well those sheets were my pride and joy because I designed that yarn, and it took me a good two years to do so. The design parameters were complex. The yarn had to be at a price point that kept the product within a particular price category. The yarn had to weave at speed, and the finished fabric had to withstand over 300 launderings. Of course it had to have a unique look and feel as well. I designed this yarn seen in the photo below. Once it went into production it was such a success that about half a million pounds of that yarn was spun for those sheets and towels. I am still sleeping on those sheets and I know a lot of other people who still have theirs. I think they have easily exceeded the 300 launderings.

A few years ago I was contacted by a manufacturer who had begun producing organic cotton sheeting here in the USA. And we discussed reviving these classics. The spinner that I work with now has different equipment than what my old yarn design was based upon. And this customer wanted more color saturation than what Fieldcrest was looking for back in the day. And now, unlike then, there is organic white cotton for it to be blended and woven with. Some of the same farmers who were inspired to try organic cotton farming because of my work back then formed an organic cotton cooperative that supplies mills here in the USA, as well as abroad. And so we began trying out my new yarn designs, built upon the previous success. Using 100% organic white cotton and more of my "Coyote" brown cotton than we used before. The time passed and with each weaving trial hope grew within me. This hope contributed to my decision to go out on the limb and produce that cotton. If this product was to launch, we needed that cotton to be on hand. And guess what? American Blossom Linens came through. And this newsletter is about announcing their Foxfibre® line of sheets to you.

Here are my sheets, 25+ years old and still going.

Pictured below here I am at the mill that spun the yarn for these new American Blossom Linens Foxfibre® sheets just last summer, feeling honored to be bringing something back that never should have gone out of production.

Thrilled to be working with some of the same people who produced those original sheets. Who now work at the few mills that managed to survive the decimation of the textile industries in the US, Japan and Europe in the late 1990's.

So, if you are in the market for sheets that I helped design using my cotton here is the link : https://americanblossomlinens.com/pages/fox-fibre . Today the trial run of this line has launched on their site. If you chose to place an order and use the code : SallyFox15 you will receive 15% off of your order plus they will send my breeding program 15% . This is an amazing thing for a retailer to do, as it paves the way toward financial stability for the research going forward.

Thank you sincerely for caring about this cotton and my work with it.

Sally