Tie-Dyed with Pride: Wear Your Support for American Workers with Hand-Dyed Gifts

YPSILANTI, MI, August 08, 2012 (Press-News.org) For 20 years, Maggie's Organics has provided eco-customers with comfortable colorful USA-made socks that feel just as good to purchase as they do to wear. And with new additions to their multicolor hand-dyed tie dye line, Maggie's best-sellers just became even better!

Maggie's now offers a variety of tie dye socks to fit feet of all sizes, ranging from cuffed anklets for newborns and toddlers to crew socks for youth and adults up to size 16. Their cushioned ankle-high footies are the latest creation for tie dye lovers to crave, making it easy to adorn feet with vibrant colors all year round.

Maggie's is unique in that every pair of their socks has been knit, dyed and packaged in the United States since their founding in 1992. More than 2,000 organic family farmers harvest a special variety of Maggie's organic cotton by hand, which is then shipped to several family-owned and operated knitting mills in North Carolina, where skilled craftspeople turn the cotton into finished socks. Maggie's tie dye specialists dye every sock individually, giving each one a distinctly personal touch, before drying them on handmade wooden racks.

Want to indulge more than just your feet with a handmade American craft? Keep in the spirit of Maggie's eco-mission with another holiday favorite: Soft and cuddly Tie Dye Chickens made at a 100% worker-owned cooperative in North Carolina. Designed by the co-op members themselves, these adorable stuffed companions help reduce landfill waste by recycling the tie dye socks that do not make it past Maggie's picky Quality Controllers. The lovable chickens are stuffed with repurposed scrap materials and sewn by hand, making each one as unique and personalized as a pair of Maggie's Tie Dye Socks. Adored by children, adults and pets, Maggie's Tie Dye Chickens provide a fun way for parents to show their kids that supporting US workers can also be eco-friendly.

So why hesitate to stuff your stockings this season with these colorful US-made gifts? Considering that just two percent of the clothing that we wear and buy is made in America, a pair of Maggie's Tie Dye Socks or a Tie Dye Chicken makes for a truly special gift that supports US workers. As Maggie's tie dye specialist Peter Frandsen puts it: "If you want something that's crafted with pride and quality and integrity, make something here in the United States."

About Maggie's Organics:

Since its founding in 1992, Maggie's Organics has been committed to the fair treatment of its workers and using organic fibers in all of its products. Having developed supply chains that support worker independence and guarantee better working conditions for producers, Maggie's remains true to its founding principles every step of the way. As the oldest organic apparel company in the US, Maggie's Organics believes that the impact of each piece of clothing on the lives and environment of its producers is just as important as its quality, affordability and style.

Website: http://www.maggiesorganics.com