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My friend found this and posted it elsesocial so I'm posting it here because it is glorious.

Text Description: a reproduction of a late 18th/early 20th century newspaper item, titled Why We Oppose Pockets For Women
1.-Because pockets are not a natural right.
2.-Because the great majority of women do not want pockets. If they did, they would have them.
3.-Because whenever women have had pockets they have not used them.
4.-Because women are expected to carry enough things as it is without the additional burden of pockets.
5.-Because it would make dissension between husband and wife as to whose pockets were to be filled.
6.-Because it would destroy man’s chivalry toward woman if he did not have to carry all her things in his pockets.
7.-Because men are men and women are women. We must not fly in the face of nature.
8.-Because pockets have been used by men to carey tobacco, pipes, whiskey flasks, chewing gum and compromising letters. We see no reason to suppose that women would use them more wisely.

157d

Today I was one of many who helped save two trucks of "we don't know how many" coming from a warehouse full of textiles that was going to be dumped. It was mostly lingerie fabric and trims, all perfectly good and usable. This is why I volunteer at the Lair! So much good shit is sent to landfill and we see .000000001% of it! If that!

I'm not mad at the people clearing the warehouse - it's a sad backstory and it must happen all the time. This is why community is vital, we need to link up and distribute resources that would otherwise be sent to the tip. With these resources we can share low cost and free items that help people make stuff they don't have to buy. We can take down capitalism... Well... A little bit of it.

#textilewaste #sewing

A photo of people picking up rolls of trims tipped from the back of a tilt truck onto the ground.

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Photo of tubs full of hundreds of spools of sewing thread.

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87d

Landscape in a match box.

Maybe not a very exciting scene, but the place means something to me. And now I can take it anywhere! 😊

#embroidery #sewing #craft #fiberarts #art

An aerial view of four fields (one in each corner) with a road going between them horizontally and a river going between them vertically. The image is embroidered with lots of French knots for trees in the hedgerows. The scene fits in a match box and is shown in the swan vesta box with a plant in the background.

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Want to learn how to sew? Gathered magazine has put together a complete guide, including essential and nice-to-have supplies, patterns for beginners (we like the look of the DIY bookends and the duffle bag) and skills such as how to sew a button and basic embroidery.

https://flip.it/d.KWpp

#Creativity #Sewing #Lifestyle #Style #Fashion