Creations by Tu-RIGHTS

Newspaper articles about Creations by Tu-RIGHTS

San Angelo Daily - Monday, June 19, 1989
Action Time by Shirley Alford

(reader writes): "Some months ago I read an article about two Texas women who have created a series of 'dignity' patterns for making comfortable yet attractive garments for people in nursing homes, hospitals, or whatever. I work with long-term patients, and I can tell you these garments are a godsend.  One size fits all, and they can be adapted to fill various needs of patients."

(Answer):  "I will be happy to.  Ocassionally, a product such as the Creations by Tu-RIGHTS 'dignity' patterns comes on the market and fills a deep-seated need for many disabled people and those who love and care for them"

Victoria Advocate - Sunday, August 14, 1988
"Patterning 'Dresses with Dignity" by Becky Williams

"A fond memory of her mother, and the nagging feeling that something needed to be done to help disabled people retain some dignity, drove a Victoria woman to design a dress so other women wouldn't have to experience the same embarrassment as her mother when under nursing home care"

Austin American-Statesman - Wednesday, Dec. 14, 1988
LifeStyle by Michelle Smith, Fashion Editor

"Life for the nursing home resident or the disabled often is a fairly no-frills affair.  Until now, there has not been much choice in terms of hospital dressing gowns or garments for those confined to a wheelchair."

Houston Chronicle - Thursday, March 2, 1989
by Becky Williams, Victoria Advocate Staff Writer

"The dress is slipped on from the front to allow the disabled, bedridden or wheelchair-bound person a struggle-free effort in dressing"

San Antonio Light - Sunday, February 20, 1989
by Becky Williams, Victoria Advocate Staff Writer

"Gathright's inspiration was her late mother, who was confined to a nursing home and required assistance in dressing and other daily care. . . . the sewing instructions, compiled in five easy-to-follow steps, are printed at the top of one page . . ."