"I brought three wet madder samples back to the restaurant and the floor manager picked the middle one on the spot. Twelve covers later, they still look like they belong together after a year of twice-weekly laundry."

"The indigo panel went up on a long whitewashed wall and it just settled the room. Guests keep asking who made it. The layered blue reads different in morning light than it does at night."

"Eight of us around the table, dye pots going, and nobody felt rushed. I came in not knowing a square knot from a lark's head and walked out with a plant hanger I actually hung up."

"They quoted per square metre, stuck to it, and sent dye notes with the delivery so we could match the next batch. That kind of follow-through is rare with handmade work."