Heidi Barr gained her textile know-how as a costume designer. Now, she uses that experience, coupled with a passion for sustainable kitchen products, as a basis for her business at Kitchen Garden Textiles. “Our goal is to provide beautiful and practical kitchen textiles that help people live without synthetic fabrics, plastics or single-use disposables in their home or restaurant kitchens,” Barr explained. Related: These sustainable sunglasses smell like coffee and decompose into fertilizer Kitchen Garden Textiles started with the seemingly simple act of repurposing cotton shirts into napkins, which Barr sold to help support a local farm.