"A child said, What is the grass?"

A child said, What is the grass? fetching it to me with full
 hands;
How could I answer the child?. . . .I do not know what it
 is any more than he.

I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful
 green stuff woven.

Or I guess it is the handkerchief of the Lord,
A scented gift and remembrancer designedly dropped,
Bearing the owner's name someway in the corners, that we
 may see and remark, and say Whose?




Or I guess the grass is itself a child. . . .the produced babe
 of the vegetation.

Or I guess it is a uniform hieroglyphic,
And it means, Sprouting alike in broad zones and narrow
 zones,
Growing among black folks as among white,
Kanuck, Tuckahoe, Congressman, Cuff, I give them the 
same, I receive them the same.

And now it seems to me the beautiful uncut hair of graves.

~from Walt Whitman

KM Stitchery

An explosive mix of feminist imagery and history, ethical and green practices and artistic vision, KM Stitchery makes apparel with a social agenda. Each screen-printed item from this shop depicts a luminary figure in the women’s movement. “I think it's important to recognize, acknowledge and admire women who have fought for women's rights and who have broken through gender barriers,” says the founder of this shop, “clothing is a great way to spread the message of feminism. I am sick of seeing male revolutionaries revered and plastered on t-shirts, but not hearing much about female revolutionaries!” Simone de Beauvoir, Audrey Lorde, Sylvia Plath, Gertrude Stein, Frida Kahlo and Charlotte Perkins Gilman are just a few of the feminist faces that grace KM Stichery’s hip assortment of t-shirts, hoodies, sweatshirts and tunics.

KM Stitchery is also unabashedly green--using creatively repurposed recycled materials for everything from hang-tags and business cards to mailing materials and fabric clothing tags. Even her iron and ironing board were saved from a dumpster! “Being environmentally-friendly and sweatshop free is important to me!” proclaims the designer behind this shop. All designs are printed on recycled clothing in pristine condition, making each design from this shop not only green, but absolutely one-of-a-kind. In addition to imaginative reuse, designs are printed with water-based, non-toxic ink and this shop’s business cards are stamped with environmentally-friendly stamps.

KM Stitchery is fabulous destination for eye-popping designs that celebrate women who have changed our world as well as an informative site to learn more about figures that patriarchal history has forgotten.

To purchase items or to learn more about this shop, visit:

http://www.kmstitchery.etsy.com

Other ways to explore KM Stitchery:

Blog: http://kmstitchery.blogspot.com

Twitter: http://twitter.com/kmstitchery


Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/KM-Stitchery/108575778065?ref=ts


(From Top: Charlotte Bronte Hand-stenciled T-shirt; Sylvia Plath Hand-stenciled Shirt; Charlotte Perkins Gilman Hand-stenciled  Shirt. All images courtesy of KM Stitchery.)