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Opal's Hand-Woven Landscape Cloths
Opal's Hand-Woven Landscape Cloths
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Opal's Hand-Woven Landscape Cloths
Hand-Woven in the Blue Ridge Mountains
Opal Caudill, 74 — fifty-one years at the loom, releasing her last woven landscape cloths before the warping defeats her hands.
“It isn’t printed. Every one of those sunflowers is a thread I had to lift by hand. Turn the cloth over and the whole field is still there — front and back. A print can’t do that.”
— Opal Caudill, Bakersville, North Carolina
What you get
Why it’s unlike any towel you’ve owned
The Jacquard Picture-Weave
The whole scene is lifted into being thread by thread on a jacquard loom — never printed. It can’t crack, peel, or scrub off, because there is nothing on top to leave.
The Both-Sides Scene
Because it’s woven, the landscape reads on the front and the back. No blank reverse, no “wrong side.” Hung in a window, it’s a picture from both rooms.
The Multi-Layer Cotton Body
100% cotton woven in multiple layers the old way. It drinks water like a proper towel, dries on a hook by morning, and softens a little every wash.
The No-Lint Weave
A tight all-cotton weave leaves nothing on a glass, a mirror, or a baby’s face — and wears in, not out, getting softer with use instead of thinner.
The Seasonal Set
Four coordinated scenes — sheep meadow, sunflower field, the black cat in spring grass and again in autumn leaves — so the kitchen changes with the year.
The Final Warp
The arthritis has reached the threading, and there is no reprint and no apprentice. When the last cloths ship, the loom goes quiet for good.
“You can tell woven from printed in a second: turn the cloth over. A print has a blank back; a true jacquard weave carries the whole image through to the reverse, because the picture is built into the structure of the cloth, not laid on its surface. That is why it outlasts print by decades. Picture-weaving at this level is a vanishing American craft — quietly, it is the real thing.”
Linnea HartwellFolk Textile Conservator, Southern Craft Archive
The scenes she weaves
Made for
The quality, in five lines
Use them, wash them, hang them in the window for a month. If they aren’t right, send them back for a full refund. Opal would rather a cloth find the right kitchen than sit in the wrong one.
A note on hand-woven: Each cloth is woven by hand, so no two are exactly alike — small variations in the scene are the mark of the loom, not a flaw. Scenes are assorted within each set. Machine wash cold, tumble low or hang to dry; the cotton only gets softer.
The details
| Material | 100% cotton, multi-layer woven (jacquard) |
| Technique | Jacquard picture-weave — woven through, not surface-printed |
| Set includes | 4 coordinated hand-woven landscape cloths (assorted scenes) |
| Dimensions | Approx. 13 × 19 in (33 × 48 cm) per cloth |
| Scenes | Sunflower field, sheep meadow, black cat (spring & autumn), and more |
| Uses | Face, kitchen & dish, bath, and guest towel |
| Care | Machine wash cold; tumble low or hang to dry; softens with each wash |
| Made | Hand-woven in Bakersville, North Carolina |
| Found kitchens | 2,300+ of Opal’s cloths to date |
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The Final 193
The Final 193
A note from the weaving room:
After fifty-one years at the loom on the ridge above Bakersville, North Carolina, the arthritis in Opal Caudill’s hands has reached the threading — roughly 480 fine warp threads found by fingertip before a single picture can begin. Only the cloths from her last good winters remain, a counted number folded on the long table by the stove. When they are gone, there is no next batch and the loom goes quiet.
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Free shipping across the United States
- Delivery time: 2–3 business days
- Every order is hand-packed and ships from the USA
- Each set is 4 coordinated woven cloths (assorted scenes)
- 30-day money-back guarantee — just email info@marlowmarketco.com

190+ Verified Buyers
Excellent 4.9
What Opal’s customers are saying
I was sure it was a print until it arrived — it isn’t. You can see the whole sunflower field woven through to the back. The prettiest thing in my kitchen, and I dry dishes with it every night.
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Diane R., Asheville, NC
The sheep-meadow one is even prettier in person. Heavy, soft cotton — the rare thing online that looks better in your hands than on the screen.
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Marie L., Greenville, SC
Bought the set as a gift and nearly kept it. The little black cat woven into the corner got me. It washes softer every single time.
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Karen P., Springfield, MO
Woven, not printed — you can feel the difference. No lint on my glasses, dries fast, and the colors haven’t faded a bit. Worth ten of the dollar-store towels.
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Raymond D., Boone, NC
It hangs on my towel ring and guests always ask about it. I tell them a 74-year-old woman in North Carolina wove it by hand.
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Susan K., Roanoke, VA
Held it up to the light and the picture reads right through the weave — the scene is the cloth. Nothing printed on top to wash away. Already ordered two more.
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Linda M., Knoxville, TN
I was sure it was a print until it arrived — it isn’t. You can see the whole sunflower field woven through to the back. The prettiest thing in my kitchen, and I dry dishes with it every night.
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Diane R., Asheville, NC
The sheep-meadow one is even prettier in person. Heavy, soft cotton — the rare thing online that looks better in your hands than on the screen.
Verified
Marie L., Greenville, SC
Bought the set as a gift and nearly kept it. The little black cat woven into the corner got me. It washes softer every single time.
Verified
Karen P., Springfield, MO
Woven, not printed — you can feel the difference. No lint on my glasses, dries fast, and the colors haven’t faded a bit. Worth ten of the dollar-store towels.
Verified
Raymond D., Boone, NC
It hangs on my towel ring and guests always ask about it. I tell them a 74-year-old woman in North Carolina wove it by hand.
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Susan K., Roanoke, VA
Held it up to the light and the picture reads right through the weave — the scene is the cloth. Nothing printed on top to wash away. Already ordered two more.
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Linda M., Knoxville, TN
I was sure it was a print until it arrived — it isn’t. You can see the whole sunflower field woven through to the back. The prettiest thing in my kitchen, and I dry dishes with it every night.
Verified
Diane R., Asheville, NC
The sheep-meadow one is even prettier in person. Heavy, soft cotton — the rare thing online that looks better in your hands than on the screen.
Verified
Marie L., Greenville, SC
Bought the set as a gift and nearly kept it. The little black cat woven into the corner got me. It washes softer every single time.
Verified
Karen P., Springfield, MO
Woven, not printed — you can feel the difference. No lint on my glasses, dries fast, and the colors haven’t faded a bit. Worth ten of the dollar-store towels.
Verified
Raymond D., Boone, NC
It hangs on my towel ring and guests always ask about it. I tell them a 74-year-old woman in North Carolina wove it by hand.
Verified
Susan K., Roanoke, VA
Held it up to the light and the picture reads right through the weave — the scene is the cloth. Nothing printed on top to wash away. Already ordered two more.
Verified
Linda M., Knoxville, TN
I was sure it was a print until it arrived — it isn’t. You can see the whole sunflower field woven through to the back. The prettiest thing in my kitchen, and I dry dishes with it every night.
Verified
Diane R., Asheville, NC
The sheep-meadow one is even prettier in person. Heavy, soft cotton — the rare thing online that looks better in your hands than on the screen.
Verified
Marie L., Greenville, SC
Bought the set as a gift and nearly kept it. The little black cat woven into the corner got me. It washes softer every single time.
Verified
Karen P., Springfield, MO
Woven, not printed — you can feel the difference. No lint on my glasses, dries fast, and the colors haven’t faded a bit. Worth ten of the dollar-store towels.
Verified
Raymond D., Boone, NC
It hangs on my towel ring and guests always ask about it. I tell them a 74-year-old woman in North Carolina wove it by hand.
Verified
Susan K., Roanoke, VA
Held it up to the light and the picture reads right through the weave — the scene is the cloth. Nothing printed on top to wash away. Already ordered two more.
Verified
Linda M., Knoxville, TN
Frequently Asked Questions
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Got a question? Here’s how to reach us.
Got a question? Here’s how to reach us.
Email us anytime at info@marlowmarketco.com. We answer Monday–Friday 9am–5pm and Saturday 10am–3pm (CT). Whether it’s about your order, the scenes, or just to say hello — a real person writes back.
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Can I return them if I don’t love them?
Can I return them if I don’t love them?
Of course. 30-day money-back guarantee. If your set arrives anything less than perfect, or you simply don’t love it within 30 days, email info@marlowmarketco.com and we’ll make it right — full refund, no questions.
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How is each cloth made?
How is each cloth made?
Every cloth is hand-woven by Opal Caudill on a jacquard loom in Bakersville, North Carolina — the landscape scene is woven thread by thread through the 100% cotton, never printed on top. That is why it reads on both sides and can’t crack, peel, or fade off. Each set is 4 coordinated scenes. No two are identical.
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