family pants
I love it when resources and needs come together. So often it's the other way around: There's a need for a vacation, but no time or money. Or tons of seeds, but no garden space. How about this: There's a need for fair-trade boxer shorts, and we have a lot of sheets.
We're hoping this may morph into a "cottage industry" for our Catholic Worker House; you can read more here. But we're also thinking it's a good way to help clothe a family. Re-using is time-honored for sure. Before the advent of shockingly cheap clothing (back when we used to manufacture clothing in the USA and labor laws forced us to offer fair hours and wages, safe working conditions, and adult labor), families saved money by handing down clothes, often re-made to fit the next in line.
Now we're looking at sheets and other large swaths of fabric with fresh eyes: I see embroidered baby pants from the sage green flannel sheets; I see skirts and pants from the floral curtains we no longer have windows for (uh oh, now I'm seeing the Trapp family on the Sound of Music - STOP!).
And I'm seeing "locally sewn" pants-making this Saturday in our dining room. If you know how to sew and can help, or if you want to learn how to sew (so you can help), stop by.
locally-sewn
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