Our friend Maura Ambrose is the talented quilter and textiles artist behind Folk Fibers. She makes beautiful quilts from fabrics dyed by hand with natural dyes (including indigo that she harvests from her backyard). Each piece is an absolute work of art.

We were so excited when Maura asked us to print her business cards. It was such a fun project to work on, and I love that handwritten correspondence was part of the process as we mailed paper and fabric samples to one another.

Maura chose a thick, recycled chipboard for her paper stock and sent us samples of her naturally dyed fabrics for ink color inspiration– she wanted her business cards to reflect the colors of the natural dyes she uses in her quilts. The samples below were dyed with yellow onion skins, red onion skins, and walnut hulls. From there, we were able to pick a color (478) from our Pantone guide.