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Karen Mercer

How much clothing matters

Elizabeth Fry once said, "I used to think, and still do, how little clothing matters but I find it almost impossible to keep to the princip…

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4 21 hours ago
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Margaret Banford

headcovering?

Hello, friends. I am being moved to cover my hair, but I am not sure what covering to use.  I don't want to stand out too much, so I was t…

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29 1st month 25
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Barbara Smith

Needing to "explain" your plain

I don't want to sound like I'm obsessed with a single topic, but I am working through my changing appearance and what this means to me and…

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4 1st month 25
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Barbara Smith

source of fair traded fabric?

I am being led to make my own clothes and would like the fabric to be fair traded. Does anyone have a source for this fabric? Or even bette…

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5 1st month 25
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Barbara Smith

Self-image, simplicity and change

Dear friends, I went back over the past few days to read many of the posts on plainness and simplicity on this forum from last couple of ye…

Started by Barbara Smith

5 1st month 14
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Barbara Smith

Plain or modest dress, shoes, stockings and leg covering for women?

I am wondering what other women are wearing on feet and legs? I have found shoes, socks and leg coverings to be the hardest items to figure…

Started by Barbara Smith

15 1st month 12
Reply by Karen Mercer
Barbara Smith

Plain speech and simplicity

I am just learning my way around this website and so I don't know how to search for previous posts on plain speech, but I would like to hea…

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6 1st month 6
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Mackenzie

Handmaking

I was wondering how many others here see handmaking or handcrafts as a form of simplicity.  I'm a handmaker, and one of the projects I have…

Started by Mackenzie

8 1st month 2
Reply by Margaret Banford
Paula McConnell

Color?

Friends:  One of the interesting developments in my Plain journey has been my use of color - and not grey. My husband has been very support…

Started by Paula McConnell

18 12th month 19, 2011
Reply by Margaret Banford
Joseph Stalnaker

A Call to Faithfulness

   A Christian Friend once wrote:‘Upon rising this morning, turning my mind toward the Light and the wooing of Christ’s Spirit in my life,…

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2 12th month 18, 2011
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