2026 Applications go live JaNUARY 15TH
sewing Contest
Celebrating The slow fashion MOvement and fiber arts
We celebrate slow fashion, earth-friendly materials, and the enduring relationship between land, animal, and artist.
About Texas Make it With Wool
Texas Make It With Wool is a 79-year-strong program dedicated to celebrating natural fibers and the farms and ranches that raise fiber-producing animals such as sheep, goats, and camelids. As part of a national initiative, Texas Make It With Wool supports education, craftsmanship, and the continued use of wool and other natural fibers in everyday life.
Rooted in traditions of slow fashion, earth-friendly practices, and natural materials, the program connects makers, growers, and communities through fiber arts, garments, and textile expression. From pasture to finished piece, Texas Make It With Wool highlights the value of renewable fibers, thoughtful making, and the people who keep these skills alive.
Sewing with wool is a practice that reaches back to ancient civilizations, where wool garments were hand-cut, stitched, and shaped for durability, warmth, and daily life. From early pastoral cultures of the Mediterranean and Middle East to the wool traditions of Ancient Egypt and the Roman world, wool has long been valued for its versatility, strength, and renewability. These time-honored sewing traditions remind us that wool is not only a fiber to admire, but one to live in—made to be worn, repaired, and passed on.
Today, Texas Make It With Wool carries this legacy forward through its sewing competition and newly expanded fiber arts contests, encouraging knitwear, upcycled wool, and innovative textile work rooted in natural fibers. By partnering with farmers and ranchers, makers are invited to transform raw fiber into garments and works of art that reflect creativity, sustainability, and connection to place. These contests celebrate not only skill and craftsmanship, but also the ongoing relationship between land, animal, and artist—ensuring wool remains relevant, valued, and worn into the future.
WINNERS
2025 Contestants!
Our winners this year are
Adult: Lea Ann Dolezal
Senior: n/a
Junior 1st Place: Mackenzie Wright
Pre-Teen 1st Place: Daphne Mews
Made for Others: Lea Ann Dolezal
2026 is a milestone year for Wool!
Across Texas and beyond, farmers are being heard, designers are rethinking fabric choices and makers are reclaiming the value of sewing, knitting, weaving, and creating by hand. Natural fibers like wool are regenerative, earth-friendly, and healthier to wear—and they’re finding their way back into our closets and our lives.