Brothers Rehan and Josh Nana have spent thirty years chasing quail and pheasant on their family’s three-hundred acre ancestral farmland in Missouri. The only problem? With nothing but derelict barns and abandoned outbuildings on the property, the brothers had nowhere to bed down for the night. “We’re from Kansas City originally,” Rehan says, “so when we were younger, Josh and I would load up some barbecue and drive out for the day. But we didn’t have a place to stay, which made for some long drives home.” 

On a recent antiquing excursion to Charleston's Six Mile Antique Mall, I was drawn to the back corner by a cluster of jewel-encrusted handbags. Wild with color and whimsical drawings, the purses had a kitschy glamour that had me hooked from several strides away. When I got close enough to read the words painted on the front of each bag–Money Tree, Road Runner, Humdinger–I realized I’d stumbled on the work of a designer with a sense of humor. Her name was Enid Collins.

North Carolina craftsman Chisolm Leonard has been working with antique Southern furniture for decades, restoring pieces for some of the South’s most esteemed historical museums and landmark homes, including the Museum of Early Decorative Arts and Charleston, South Carolina’s Heyward Washington house. But of all the types of furniture that he’s worked with over the years, one piece stands out. “The huntboard has always been my favorite,” Leonard says. “I like the lines. I like the height. And there’s something masculine about them and their connection to our hunting past.”

With temperatures predicted to reach record lows this winter, we thought you might be on the hunt for some accessories to keep you warm over the next few months. Here are three artisans doing their part to keep the South’s rich textile tradition alive by crafting winter accessories the good old-fashioned way.