Project Must Know:

The Umbrella Brigade – The Red Tent Project

Through The Red Tent Project, TUB is helping to provide access to essential menstrual supplies for those in need — from students to unhoused individuals. Each handmade item plays a critical role in promoting dignity, health, and empowerment. 

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🧵 1. Cosmetic Bags

• Use any sewing pattern you like — suggested size is approximately 7"x9".

• Boxed corners are optional.

• Any fabric design is welcome, but please avoid prints featuring drugs, alcohol, nudity, weapons, or violence.

• These bags support all menstruating individuals, from teens receiving first-period kits to unhoused adults.

 

🎒 2. Drawstring Backpacks

• Please use sturdy fabric — these are distributed directly to unhoused individuals.

• Suggested materials:

  • Canvas, Duck, Denim, or Upholstery fabric

• Do not use regular quilting cotton as it’s not durable enough for this use.

 

2. Soap Sacks

• Knit & Crochet only

• Please ensure your sacks are ~4"x6", use an index card as a guide if needed. We have had issues recently with many SACKS being much smaller than the pattern. SACKS need to be able to hold a full size bar of soap in a box. 

• Needs to have a tag attached

• They gladly accept donations of soap as well, but it is not required to send them filled.

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🩸 4. Mini Menstrual Kit (6-piece kit)

Each kit must include the following items, packed together and ready to distribute:

• 1 Wet Bag

• 2 Medium Absorbency Pads (with snaps attached)

• 2 Heavy Absorbency Pads (with snaps attached)

  • Be sure to mark heavy pads clearly with either a figure 8 stitch pattern or a second line of stitching.

• 1 Instruction Sheet

 

How to assemble your kit for shipping:

• Fold and snap all 4 pads with PUL side out.

• Place all 4 pads and the instruction sheet inside the wet bag and place in your shipment. Note on your care slip the number of kits, not the number of each item in the kit. Print the instruction sheet is here.

 

Important Note:
If you received free PUL or Zorb from Crafting Change, do not use those materials for these kits. They were funded specifically for the Yonkofa Project’s Keep Girls in School Campaign and must only be used for that purpose.

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Thank you for crafting with compassion and helping ensure no one is held back by their period.

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