What Things Would You Like To See Make A Comeback?

@4meAndyou yes loved those remnant bins. I loved going to Hancocks and browsing around. They got more into selling quilting fabrics and costume or fancy dress fabrics towards the end. Probably made more profits from it. I remember buying good-quality fabrics like Oxford cloth, Kettle Cloth and cotton blends to sew with. Even lightweight soft denim. Made quite of few clothes for myself, for my daughter and a lot of crafting items using scraps and remnants. Those were good times. I have some fabrics I need to use and will probably be sewing a bit when I heal up.

@4meAndyou What I wanted to do is to make cute simple dresses for school girls in impoverished areas so they can have something nice to wear to school. These places requesting them were asking for patterns with no buttons to replace or zippers, they wanted pockets too. I found a pattern that would be perfect and bought it. But sorely disappointed in the fabric selections, which have only gotten worse the past 3 years. I could make a dress a day if I wanted during the winter especially and pack them up when I got a couple dozen made and ship them off. Some of the schools also were requesting simple shorts for boys and a matching color t-shirt as a set in the same size. These are for grade school children. I still have sad memories of a girl in first grade who was living in poverty, had one dress to wear and it got filthier by the week. Come to find out the father was a farm aid, probably living in a shack or shed on the farm and no running water. That girl was scared of running water. The teacher didn’t take time with her to help her with such things but I did. It was the girl’s third year in first grade because she was never taught to do anything, had malnutrition (gaping mouth and dull eyes, listless expression most of the time), and she smelled.I stood behind her before we went to the cafeteria and told her not to be scared of the water and nudged her elbows to wash up. I also shared my snacks with her. They passed her onto 2nd grade because the state law wouldn’t allow her to be held back again. Then I taught her at recess the alphabet and numbers, and how to write her name & other words. Showed me she was fully capable of learning and just needed some help. We move away to another state after 2nd grade so I couldn’t help her any longer.

@cherokeepatti You are absolutely wonderful, (which I already know). Thinking of sewing for disadvantaged school children, and most especially your extreme kindness toward a child your own age when you weren't much older than 6 years yourself. School children that age usually mock or avoid the "smelly kid" in class...but YOU showed kindness and caring when most little children do not.