Since returning to Freetown I've had a chance to do a few exciting things. One thing was to take a trip to the Fabric Market. Now, there are two kinds of fabric... African prints (which are apparently made in china, but they're only $1.50-$3 per yard) or Handmade African Fabrics, such as batik and tye dye (which can be quite costly depending on the time they spent making them). The market where I went was primarily full of prints, but I'll have a chance to see the handmade fabrics on saturday.
I picked three different fabrics for myself, one of which Sydney Lyn, the clinic seamstress, will make into a shirt tomorrow. They have a really great system here, because Sydney Lyn gets her regular salary, but on fridays she sews for the people at the clinic for money. All of that money goes towards buying the fabric for the Gladi Gladi dresses and other fabric needs for the clinic.
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