Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments x
4. Preface xii
5. Taxonomy of Auntie Roles xvi
6. Introduction
7. We Go Down Sewing 1
8. Auntie Sewing Squad Map 20
9. Auntie Sewing Squad Core Values: Transparency + Passion + Humor + Kindness 22
10. Auntie Sewing Squad Bingo 24
11. Ode to the Spreadsheet of Glory 25
12. A Mary Poppins Box of Supplies 27
13. Finding Fabric 29
14. Recipe for Vegan Kimchee 30
15. Moment of Joy 33
16. Labor
17. Sewing as Care Work 35
18. Taxonomy of Auntie Care 56
19. The Evolution of Auntie Care 58
20. Auntie Sewing Squad Care-Van 60
21. How to Sew Masks for Fun and No Profit in the Apocalypse 63
22. Mask Ties and Earloops and Nose Pieces 64
23. Bread, Roses, and Face Masks 67
24. Home Sweatshop 69
25. Recipe for Ube Halaya 70
26. Solidarity
27. Sewing with Intent 73
28. Behind the Wheel of a Large Automobile Full of PPE 96
29. Badly Licked Bear Relief Van 99
30. Dreaming of My Ancestors: 102
31. Abuela’s Facultad 103
32. Solidarity Praxis 105
33. Monk Fabric 107
34. It’s in Your Blood: 108
35. Three Generations 113
36. Recipe for Tsukemono Pasta Salad 114
37. A Day in OUR Virtual Life
38. Introduction 116
39. Survival
40. Sewing as Refuge 129
41. Mending Time: 148
42. Mask Butterfly and Stencil Rose 151
43. Rebirth 153
44. Sewing through a Pan(dem)ic 155
45. How to Measure, Selfie 160
46. Recipe for Nourishing Salve 161
47. Mutual Aid
48. Sewing the Pieces Back Together 165
49. ASS Quilt 184
50. Science Is the Light on the Sewing Machine 186
51. My Dad Sewing 188
52. Querida Abuelita Rafaelita 189
53. Sewing Machine 191
54. Treasuring Mom 192
55. Recipe for Earl’s Girl Pound Cake 194
56. Posterity
57. Teaching Sewing, Teaching Care 197
58. The Auntie Sewing Squad Kids Sewing Camp 220
59. To the Rescue 222
60. Technical Assistance Auntie 223
61. Connecting My Family’s One-Hundred-Year Herstory 225
62. Sewing with Mom 227
63. Sewing for the Next Generation 228
64. A Day in the Life of Westside Hub 230
65. Recipe for Chocolate Shortbread Hearts 234
66. We (can) do it 236
67. Coda 239
68. Timeline 243
69. Auntie Sewing Squad Mask Sewing Patterns 247
70. Contributors 254
71. Index 265