American-Sewn: A once-thriving sewing industry is lining up for a comeback

Feb 9, 2025

For businesses that use textiles, Tim Rose, President of Textile Fabrication and Distribution Inc., has them covered. With clients ranging from manufacturers and contractors to different branches of the U.S. military, Rose and his dozen employees are on pace to produce more than 150,000 bags, straps and canvas covers this year. That’s more than double the output from 2023. Through a recommendation, in 2022 Rose began working with the Industrial Sewing and Innovation Center, or ISAIC,* a nonprofit organization located on the third floor of a former Chrysler dealership along Cass Avenue in Detroit’s Midtown district.

 

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