Thoughtfully handmade home goods
The High Fiber started as a seedling somewhere around 1986 when I, Daphne, at the age of 8, received my first bag of fabric scraps. Crudely designing and hand stitching clothes for my dolls became a daily habit. A few sewing machines, lots of practice, and many years later, the dream of "making" a living came to be a reality with The High Fiber.
Officially beginning in 2009, it still continues to evolve, and I am grateful for the chance to share it. My husband, Ed, joined me in business in March of 2014, trading in the wildly demanding restaurant business for screens, ink, and many more family camping trips than we ever thought possible. We spent 10 years in a sweet mountain town just minutes north of Asheville, North Carolina. In 2017, we relocated to Gainesville, Florida, but returned to Asheville again in 2019.
While Ed and I are no longer married, we still run The High Fiber together. In 2024, we were displaced from our studio in the River Arts District of Asheville. While we are planning a return to the RAD in the fall of 2026, we currently work from our hime studios in Asheville and Franklin, NC.
We strive to live thoughtfully and simply, and I am still constantly inspired by that simplicity, the gorgeous mountains that surround us and the community of growers and abundance of life within them in Western North Carolina. While there is rarely a lack of inspiration, our products are always guided by conscious, responsible decisions. We use organic, responsibly grown, fairly made, natural and minimally processed, or American made fabrics as often as possible. We use only water based, non-toxic inks that are environmentally kind and made in the USA. Every item that we make for you has been made as if it is intended for my own family (because most of them originally were).
