It wasn't a dream... we really did go to India

Leah's first trip to India was back in 2004.  Once Leah found the source of naturally dyed, organic fabric for her quilting business, she began quilting.  After about a year and a half, Leah asked me to help with her business plan.  It was then that I saw the magic in what Leah had found and the promise of naturally dyed, organic fabric.  I knew then that she had found something special.

When Leah and I began creating the vision for Truly Organic in 2006, we both knew that we wanted to know EXACTLY how our product was going to be made.  We needed to visit organic farms, see how the organic cotton was harvested, processed and spun into beautiful fabrics.  Then, we needed to fully understand the natural dye process, the heart of our brand and our promise.  We even wanted to see examples of chemical (or conventional dyeing), so we toured a conventional dye factory.

We traveled north and south, east and west within India over the course of 6 weeks, starting in January of 2007, and we learned so much about who we are and just what our product was about.  The following blog posts recount our adventures in India, and our journey deep into the heart of Organic Cotton farming (and boy, were we ever!).  These posts take us back 3 years, and tell of the great trip Leah and I enjoyed together.

Editorial note: some of these posts are by me (Paul) and some are by my sister, Leah.  The bottom of each post will have a signature and the original date of the post.

Enjoy.