A Beautiful Goodbye.

  • A burial Shroud is a cloth garment used to wrap the body in preparation for burial. Shrouds can be used with or without a casket, and can be as plain as a bed sheet or as elaborate as hand-dyed silk wrap with straps and handles. Shrouds are made from natural materials so that they decompose easily, which makes them both an eco-friendly and affordable alternative to caskets. Most often Shrouds are used for Green Burials. In any form, Shrouds offer a beautiful way to make the final journey, and they can easily be adorned with fresh flowers and other decorations.

  • Conventional burial usually involves embalming chemicals, concrete vaults, and metal caskets. These create obstacles which prevent the body from reaching the soil. Our Shrouds are made for Green Burial- an alternative that allows the body to complete the circle of life and return to the Earth through the natural process of decomposition. They are made with soft, natural materials that break down with the body to become part of the land.

  • Shrouds bring beauty into our hardest moments of life- the Death of a loved one. Shrouds soften the edges, providing an opportunity for ceremony as we wrap, lay in honor, carry and finally lower the body to rest. The Shrouding process provides the opportunity to give a final loving touch at the moment of farewell, and the Shroud folds and pockets provide elegant ways to tuck mementos, flowers, and love notes in with the departed. However it looks for your family, we are honored to help you create a memorial uniquely suited to your family.

Our Shrouds

  • The procession of Mary Alice Knight at All Souls Natural Burial Grounds, Greensboro NC.

  • She rests above her grave in the company of winter flowers.

  • With all their love, they lower her.

  • She rests on a bed of evergreens.

  • The final embrace of Mary Alice Knight.

  • Simple natural organic cotton.

  • Tied with love.

  • Chest pocket adorned.

  • Handles on display.

  • Handles in use.

  • Pallbearers carrying the beloved.

  • Ceremony before green burial.

  • Pallbearers lifting the body.

  • Adorning the body.

  • The body laid in honor.

  • Heirloom shroud with Grandma's quilt.

  • Quilt shroud laid in honor.

  • Custom Burmese silk shroud for a traveler.

  • A dog person's custom shroud.

  • Holy tree custom shroud.

  • Painted body drape with silk pocket.

  • North, South, Here, Everywhere.

  • Indigo-dyed sik tie.

  • Hand-dyed Indigo shroud.

  • Indigo shroud in full view.

  • Heirloom shroud for Kathleen.

  • A Grandmother's love.

  • Kathleen's quilt shroud in full view.

Our Design

Our Shrouds are hand-crafted with a uniquely elegant and functional design. They are made to beautifully lay the body in honor, carry the body to the final resting place, and lower the body into the Earth. All Shrouds include an open top suitable to any height, and a closed box toe which is lightly pleated to make elegant folds easy to achieve. Our built-in backboard pocket is connected to a carrying strap system and tie closures. Our shrouds function fully on their own to carry and lower the body, or can be paired with a casket.

Choose from our simple, hand-painted and hand-dyed options.

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Who We Are

We are two artisans committed to handing down the art of dying, in the form of an apprenticeship. Pat is a master sewist, painter, and shroud maker. Raymond is a weaver, communicator, and apprentice. We collaborate as a team to create sturdy and gorgeous hand-crafted burial Shrouds. We believe that in bringing the beautiful ritual of Shrouding back into our burial practices, we create containers for our grief that facilitate healing and integration in our times of need. In this way, the ancient ritual of shrouding can become our final gift to those we love.

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Our set up and some slow sewing at the Greensboro Holistic and Sustainability Fair today. It was great to be booth buddies with our friends from All Souls Green Burial Association! We debuted our Heirloom shroud and our hand-dyed indigo shroud. More
One imagining of what a green burial could look like. This represents the moment after the shrouded body has been carried to the grave and before it is lowered. Time for the graveside service and final goodbyes. We loved this amazing green burial m
Raymond Hillan-Morrison Apprentice. Weaver. Educator. Raymond is a weaver, communicator, and shroudmaker’s apprentice. He is passionate about conscious dying, and making community Death care more accessible and possible for everyone to exper
Pat Scheible Shroudmaker. Sewist. Artist. Pat is a master sewist, painter, and shroudmaker. She has ten years of experience making shrouds. She loves connecting to families and creating a work of art that represents them, which why her favorite s
It’s time to introduce our offering- the Art of Dying Shroud! We have worked thoughtfully and intentionally over the last several months to create a design that’s both elegantly folded and easy to use, capable of holding us through every
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Animated Instructions

Below are the animated versions of the instruction manuals that come with every shroud.

Laying the Body in Honor

Animated instructions for laying the body in honor.

Laying the body in honor is an intimate time to sit vigil with the beloved Dead. Shroud the body with the face visible so that loved ones can say goodbye. Decorate the body with flowers, mementos, important items, photographs, etc. Invite visitors to place a note in the chest pocket. You may choose to use candle light, keep the lights low, and play soft music. This is a chance to soften the goodbye and create a beautiful space for all who attend.