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This badge bit (BB) is part of the PEP curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the iron badge in textiles.

In this project, you start with raw fiber grown/raised by you and make 2 kitchen dish towels and 2 dishcloths. Please demonstrate a good choice of materials and methods that are appropriate for the goal.


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Minimum requirements:
 - Plant the seed: either animal feed seed or a fiber seed like cotton or flax
 - Harvest the plant or animal material that came from those seeds
 - Process that material into yarn and fabric
 - Construction technique must be appropriate for the project
 - Minimum towel size: 14" by 28"
 - Minimum dishcloth size: 8" by 8"

To document completion of the BB, provide proof of the following as pics or video (< 4 min):
 - The seeds you are planting
 - The plants growing or animals eating the plants
 - Harvesting the plant or animal material or hide
 - Processing the material into yarn/thread
 - Making the yarn/thread
 - Making the fabric
 - Making the towels and dishcloths
 - Your completed towels and dishcloths (perhaps with a tape measure)
 - Explain why your construction technique is appropriate for the project
 
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