The centre is located 120 km from Sakon Nakhon town on Highways 22 and 2280. It was established by H.M. Queen Sirikit to eliminate the poverty from the region because Her Majesty was impressed with the exceptional beauty of hand-woven Thai silk produced by the local villagers and conceived an idea to develop them to be products of the village. Villagers are taught to produce distinct handicrafts such as wickerwork, pottery and hand-woven silk with the unique patterns.