Full Gardening Apron
Green canvas gardening apron with assorted pockets containing gardening tools modelled by a woman.

This sturdy canvas gardening apron has crossed back straps and four pockets for tools, phone, seeds etc. It is trimmed with leather and has detachable straps so the body can be washed without harming the leather.

The pockets are reinforced with metal rivets for extra strength. The cross- over straps mean that the apron will not pull forward if there is a heavy phone or tools in the pocket and the extra strap length makes it ideal for all sizes.

This apron teams well with the canvas tool basket.

Size: 25cm wide at the top; 59cm wide at the widest place and 83cm long.
Top pockets are 11cm wide x 12.5cm high and 6.5x12.5cm
The bottom pockets are 16.5cm x 18cm
Straps are 159cm long

Material: Cotton canvas (can be made in organic canvas but the price will change slightly).

Care: Machine wash at 40 degrees as needed after removing the straps.






FOB Price:
US$ 13.18
Euro 11.93
GBP 10.66



Made in Bethany Leprosy Colony, S. India

BETHANY WEAVES -
Bethany Weaves is a weaving unit in Bethany Leprosy Colony in S. India where wonderful bags are woven and stitched and then exported around the world. Using traditional navar looms the women weave strips of brightly coloured cotton which are then stitched into bags. The unit has been functioning providing work in the colony for about 40 years. In the last decade the weavers have mostly been the daughters and daughters-in-law of the original leprosy affected colony members.

In 2017-18 MESH assisted the women to be trained to add leather trims to their bags thereby increasing and refining their range.

Watch| Bethany Bag Ballet

To see some more data about Bethany weaves and their recent achievements click here

Impact



This is Evangeline, one of the tailors in Bethany she says about her earnings:-
“I use my earnings to meet household costs and especially for anything my daughters might need. My husband and I don’t like taking loans from money lenders. I am a member of a women’s savings group and have been able to apply for a group loan three times. I have repaid each time and using that money along with the housing grant from the Government House Building Programme we have been able to build a new house with slightly larger rooms and an added balcony.”
and about quality and speed:-
“I am not the fastest tailor but then I make less mistakes then the very fast ones and since quality is important it means I don’t have to unpick and re-stitch as much as other people. I like sewing and enjoy the atmosphere learning new things, increasing my knowledge and skills all the time.”

Read more about Evangeline here

Green canvas gardening apron with assorted pockets containing gardening tools modelled by a woman.

This sturdy canvas gardening apron has crossed back straps and four pockets for tools, phone, seeds etc. It is trimmed with leather and has detachable straps so the body can be washed without harming the leather.

The pockets are reinforced with metal rivets for extra strength. The cross- over straps mean that the apron will not pull forward if there is a heavy phone or tools in the pocket and the extra strap length makes it ideal for all sizes.

This apron teams well with the canvas tool basket.

Size: 25cm wide at the top; 59cm wide at the widest place and 83cm long.
Top pockets are 11cm wide x 12.5cm high and 6.5x12.5cm
The bottom pockets are 16.5cm x 18cm
Straps are 159cm long

Material: Cotton canvas (can be made in organic canvas but the price will change slightly).

Care: Machine wash at 40 degrees as needed after removing the straps.






FOB Price:
US$ 13.18
Euro 11.93
GBP 10.66



Made in Bethany Leprosy Colony, S. India

BETHANY WEAVES -
Bethany Weaves is a weaving unit in Bethany Leprosy Colony in S. India where wonderful bags are woven and stitched and then exported around the world. Using traditional navar looms the women weave strips of brightly coloured cotton which are then stitched into bags. The unit has been functioning providing work in the colony for about 40 years. In the last decade the weavers have mostly been the daughters and daughters-in-law of the original leprosy affected colony members.

In 2017-18 MESH assisted the women to be trained to add leather trims to their bags thereby increasing and refining their range.

Watch| Bethany Bag Ballet

To see some more data about Bethany weaves and their recent achievements click here

Impact



This is Evangeline, one of the tailors in Bethany she says about her earnings:-
“I use my earnings to meet household costs and especially for anything my daughters might need. My husband and I don’t like taking loans from money lenders. I am a member of a women’s savings group and have been able to apply for a group loan three times. I have repaid each time and using that money along with the housing grant from the Government House Building Programme we have been able to build a new house with slightly larger rooms and an added balcony.”
and about quality and speed:-
“I am not the fastest tailor but then I make less mistakes then the very fast ones and since quality is important it means I don’t have to unpick and re-stitch as much as other people. I like sewing and enjoy the atmosphere learning new things, increasing my knowledge and skills all the time.”

Read more about Evangeline here