Thistle Hill Weavers Textiles for the Film Industry

Thistle Hill Weavers has created textiles for movie sets and for costumes. Developing textiles which are both period correct and which can be seen by the camera’s eye is challenging and exciting. We love the idea that fabric woven on our looms is used and seen by so many people who would never even suspect that the cloth was custom woven.

Some examples of our work include the blankets and clothing used by the slaves in “Amistad”; the bed hangings and coverlet used by Jeff Daniels as General Washington in A&E’s “The Crossing”; the striped prison fabric used in Eddie Murphy’s movie, “Life”, and then recently used again in George Clooney’s “O, Brother Where Art Thou”.

Our most recent movies include a  film staring Tom Hanks produced by Dreamworks, “Road to Perdition” and a new movie just started being produced by 20^th Century Fox, “The Far Side of the World”, which takes place on a British Man of War in 1806. We also had minor fabric contributions to “Titanic”, the “Scarlet Letter”, a Midwife’s Tale”.

Below are some examples of textiles which have appeared in recent films.

Child's blanket from Polar Express	Jude Law's jacket from Road to Perdition
Rose blanket from Far Side of the World	Sam Houston's blanket from The Alamo
Lucy's coat from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe	Santa Ana's sash from The Alama. The sash is silk and real gold it is 6 inches wide and 128 inches long
Suit fabric from The Road to Perdition	Fabric for Tom Hanks' overcoat in The Road to Perdition