About Made Wherever I Am

Jess is a coast-loving Australian living in the mountains of Northern California. As the owner, designer and maker of Made Wherever I Am, she brings a casual coastal style to a wild west classic, with an Australian sense of fun and colour thrown in as a bonus. Jess grew up with textiles in her genes going back at least five generations - her mother is a textile artist and her grandfather was a fabric wholesaler, his grandfather was a silk merchant, and his father a draper. As a child in the 1990s she printed hand drawn designs onto t-shirts and sold them at craft markets alongside her mum. For several decades textiles played little role in her life, with landscape photography as her passion, but you can't find your genes and Jess soon found herself daydreaming of colours and patterns and drape. Jess is inspired by the traditions and heritage of textiles, interpreted in a wearable, fun and modern way. She gets excited by the conversation that goes on between different colours and how patterns bring colour to life. Settled and making scarves in California - for now - Jess has never been able to mentally commit to living in one place so describes her textiles as "Made Wherever I Am".Read their story