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Textile Maker

Job Description: Textile Maker Apprentice, Textile Maker, Master Textile Maker (depending on previous experience)

Company Summary:

Native Spun is a textile manufacturing company striving to produce beautiful, high quality, handwoven textiles in North Carolina. Our goal is to use predominantly natural and organic fibers with a focus on sustainability and fair work practices. We are looking not just for employees but for team members who share our mindset and fit into our culture of creating outstanding products in a collaborative environment.

We are makers and fixers who are dedicated to our craft, but we are also moms, sons, daughters and members of the community supporting each other both professionally and personally. From the company owner to the first employees, everyone is cross-trained and works together to build the Native Spun brand and business, and we have each other’s back.

This is a female-owned company striving to build a strong culture and community among employees, vendors and customers, with a goal to train and educate our Native Spun family to prepare for future growth and success.

If you’re interested in being part of our team, contact Gina Wicker.

Daily tasks:

  • Work with other team members to produce a quality product

  • Brainstorm and troubleshoot as a team to effectively address challenges

  • Create and innovate to deliver stunning textiles

  • Weave fabric on vintage hand and air-assisted shuttle looms

  • Make warps on manual warping station

  • Tie-in or draw warps to prepare for weaving

  • Repair fabric defects on loom or during finishing prep

  • Use industrial sewing machines to apply sew-in labels and hems

  • Finish product using commercial washer and dryer

  • Inspect finished product and fix any flaws to ensure the highest quality product for our customers

  • Apply appropriate hang tag and labels

  • Fold and package product for shipping

Job Requirements:

  • Interest in being part of a team

  • Willingness to learn new things and to teach others for the good of the entire team

  • Ability to assess and trouble-shoot problems and offer solutions

  • Dependability and accountability to the team

  • Openness to cross-training and willingness to perform the duties required

  • Creative, reliable, self-starter

Helpful Skills:

  • Textile experience preferably sewing and/or weaving or a willingness to learn these skills

  • Mechanical experience fixing or repairing textile equipment (or automobiles, or washing machines, or lawn mowers) and a roll-your-sleeves-up fix-it mentality

  • Understanding of basic textile terms or willingness to learn

Job type: Part-time, full-time, and seasonal positions available. Flexible hours.

Email us if you’re interested.