Cait Trantham had an idea. She wanted to receive tea towels that represented where people lived and turn them into something beautiful. Her goal was the fifty states. What she got was that THREE TIMES over, plus over FIFTEEN countries. See the magnificent dress that Cait created with these towels and how she brought her community together doing it.
From the DAR Museum: "Our costume curator and some of her colleagues are going to try some 19th century dressmaking methods in preparation for next year’s exhibition, “Sewn in America: Making, Meaning, Memory,” which will look (among other things) at the evolution of home dressmaking."