Why they don't understand
#16
I was in China several times and once visited the 'labor camps' where these cotton products are made. The dorms that the workers live in you wouldn't let your dog stay there. The workers are paid only several dollars a day. It is truely horrible. And.......that goes on thru out the whole far east, India and many other third world countries.
I just heard a radio program today: the guest speaker was a member of congress. He has started a web site so you can discover what products are made with child and SLAVE labor. He said jewelry, cosmetics and cotton goods are the hardest to track the sources. I'll have to see if I can find the site and post it.........!
I just heard a radio program today: the guest speaker was a member of congress. He has started a web site so you can discover what products are made with child and SLAVE labor. He said jewelry, cosmetics and cotton goods are the hardest to track the sources. I'll have to see if I can find the site and post it.........!
#17
I completly agree. My sister ask me how much it would take to make a quilt with horses on it. Her MIL wanted to pay me for it. I told them it would be at least 100 $ for material and she said OH really that is alot. I said. Have you ever priced a Amish made quilt?? They are usually at least 700 around here. Needless to say they have not been pursing the idea.
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I like homemade verses store bought any day. I want something that no one else has. I frame my own photos as art and work on my own quilts. I am not always good with patterns with patterns but they are mine.
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