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The Tip is 'Teach Grandchildren' One day, while I was on the Made In America Secrets site my granddaughter noticed and asked me what I was doing. I told her about the Big Secret and as I explained, she began to ask me more questions. After several minutes she left my office to play with her little sister. Months had gone by and until recently, I had forgotten about that moment. She was visiting again and I was talking to her about buying a custom printed T-Shirt. She immediately told me about a website that I could use to buy one. Wow I thought, she is only eight years old and already teaching me. The most amazing thing then happened, she said "Pops they sell Made In America T-Shirts". Thanks to her I purchased six custom Made In USA T-Shirts. Her name is Britton, she understands the Big Secret and I love it when she tells me her Little Secrets! Now she is ten and writing a screenplay called Mertastic. It is a story about a mermaid. Recently, she was visiting our house again and using my computer. She called me to come into my office and of course I came to her because that is what grandparents love to do. One of the reasons I love to be with her is because it is always interesting to see what she is up to. This time, she needed a mermaid tail for her movie, so we began to look around using Google. Her mother is a talented seamstress and will make the tail so we were looking for fabric that would be satisfy my granddaughter's vision of her mermaid tail. Once again we began to talk about Made in America and therefore started to investigate the country of origin of the fabrics she was considering. Because of that experience Made in USA fabric is now one of Made in America Secrets products. Thank you, Britton. Buying Tip Continued - Read more on Made in America Products by Global Thread Collective Welcome to Global Thread's collective of artwork curated and submitted from artists representing 29 countries on 6 different continents, manually printed on chosen apparel using organic cotton and water-based inks. Global Thread's roots began in the mid 2000's with a vision of creating a unique system of clothing utilizing progressive 21st century knowledge and application. DON'T PANIC, IT'S ORGANIC: Currently approximately 80% of our product is made of organic cotton. Supporting organic cotton farms is vital to the long term sustainability and health of life on our planet. Help us fill up the remaining 20% by sending us info about companies who make organic clothing. The availability is scarce. Lets bring up the supply by creating a demand. Yes, the package used to mail the threads is made of biodegradable plant matter. And yes, the tape used in production is made with natural adhesives. Use open source. ARTISTS - GET INVOLVED: Many different types of artists are featured on the Global Thread and their work originates from all mediums. Don't fret if you're not a graphic software guru. Scan drawings, photograph paintings, whatever. If you can get us something to work with the possibilities are usually vast and we can either make it happen or point you in the right direction. Use open source software, check out INKSCAPE and GIMP. CONSUMERS: Size Charts: Anvil Organic Short Sleeve American Apparel Short Sleeve American Apparel Long Sleeve American Apparel V-Neck Global Thread ships orders within 10 business days, excluding holidays. During holidays, please allow up to 5 extra days. Your items are not sitting on a shelf when you place the order. Materials are ordered, received, printed, then shipped. Be stoked and order early! Returns and exchanges will be accepted if the item is returned in its original, unused condition within 30 days. After 30 days, you will receive credit minus the shipping for future purchases. Don't forget to use the returnable original packaging if possible. Please remember that each piece is printed by hand, no automatic machines printing 1000's of identical items per hour. There are humans manually pulling a squeegee over a tricked out stencil on a hand set cotton piece. We do our best for quality control, but consider each item a one-of-a-kind where nothing is reproduced identically. Darker pigment or random coloring usually washes out with time and adds to it's uniqueness. |
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