Materials from the colonies
Some areas of colonial America grew cotton and flax. However the British would not allow the colonists to weave this material into cloth. Instead they forced them to sell the raw material to Britain where it would be woven then colonies would buy it back. In this way the british made more of a profit off the fabric industry than did the colonists themselves. Despite these rules though many colonists did weave their own cloth. They mainly used plain weaves and then dyed the material using berries or other natural materials that could be gathered in the vicinity of their homes.