Finally, all twenty pouches are done.
I am now reaching out to all the incredibly patient donors to #RomancingTheVote who, almost four months ago (gog help me!) paid for these. I’m hoping to have all the addresses in the next couple of days so I can mail them all in one go, but if I don’t get them all by Friday evening, I’ll just have to make a couple of trips to the post office.
I learned a lot making these.
One, I love handsewing, almost as much as embroidery or other crafting, but most especially when I’m repurposing fabric from faded, torn, stained, or otherwise damaged clothing that can’t be donated, into something else.
Two, it’s better to have things already made to offer rather than making them after the fact–both because deadline pressure is hell, and because life happens regardless of plans.
To that effect, I’m making some totes and other bags, which I hope to put up for auction to benefit trans charities, bail funds, Democratic voter outreach, and other progressive causes (hopefully as part of a larger effort, as my reach is pitiful).
I hope to post about those projects here as I go along, for those of you who enjoy crafts.
(The rest of this post is self-indulgent and image-heavy, feel free to stop reading here)
Finally, you can tell I’m left handed by the position of the thread snips on many of these images, by the by–funny that I only noticed as I was loading the photos for this post.
Her Hands, My Hands 
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