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source of fair traded fabric?

I am being led to make my own clothes and would like the fabric to be fair traded. Does anyone have a source for this fabric? Or even bette…

Started by Barbara Smith

5 1st month 25, 2012
Reply by Paula McConnell

Self-image, simplicity and change

Dear friends, I went back over the past few days to read many of the posts on plainness and simplicity on this forum from last couple of ye…

Started by Barbara Smith

5 1st month 14, 2012
Reply by Alice Yaxley

Plain or modest dress, shoes, stockings and leg covering for women?

I am wondering what other women are wearing on feet and legs? I have found shoes, socks and leg coverings to be the hardest items to figure…

Started by Barbara Smith

15 1st month 12, 2012
Reply by Karen Mercer

Plain speech and simplicity

I am just learning my way around this website and so I don't know how to search for previous posts on plain speech, but I would like to hea…

Started by Barbara Smith

6 1st month 6, 2012
Reply by Barbara Smith

Handmaking

I was wondering how many others here see handmaking or handcrafts as a form of simplicity.  I'm a handmaker, and one of the projects I have…

Started by Mackenzie

8 1st month 2, 2012
Reply by Margaret Banford

"Clothe Yourself in Righteousness" from Jon Watts

Jon Watts' new album Clothe Yourself in Righteousness is based around the stories of early Quakers who ran around naked as a sign, such as…

Started by Mackenzie

1 10th month 31, 2011
Reply by Paula McConnell

Modesty and submission?

   Much of the discussion among Plain Christians online seems focused on modesty-as defined as not showing your body. Not attacting attenti…

Started by Beth Belch

25 9th month 30, 2011
Reply by Paula Deming

Quaker Youth looking for speakers to discuss "plainness"

Illinois Yearly Meeting High School group is discerning speakers for their FAll 2011 Quake. They are particularly interested in plain dress…

Started by Javaughn Fernanders

6 9th month 27, 2011
Reply by Javaughn Fernanders

Core wardrobe for a modern plain

OK, here is a challenge for you Quaker ladies who dress plain. We've had lovely fine weather here today and it got me thinking about summer…

Started by Helen Gibbs

37 9th month 21, 2011
Reply by Bridget Casterline

Modesty, plainness and hair

 What do you people think about the things mentioned above? I ask in particular about what you think about this in relation to plain dress,…

Started by Elin Hagberg

29 8th month 28, 2011
Reply by Yona...

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